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Industrial symbiosis as the key to decarbonisation – New CORALIS video: combining science and practical implementation The EU project CORALIS develops innovative concepts to promote industrial symbiosis by closing loops, valorising resources and strengthening cross-company cooperation – with the aim of making energy-intensive industries more sustainable and efficient. The new video offers exciting insights into […]

Inconsistencies in the EU’s energy legislation of Waste Heat In their recently published paper in Utilities Policy, Marie-Theres Holzleitner-Senck, Simon Moser, and Michael Denk take a close look at the waste heat definition in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). Their analysis reveals that the current definition is complex and creates uncertainties in practical

The RE-PEAK project, which was funded by the IEA DHC and led by our colleague Simon Moser, focused on the challenges and opportunities of providing peak heat loads in district heating networks in a climate-neutral way. Are you interested in how big the challenge of decarbonising peak loads in the heat supply is? The article

We are pleased to announce that the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz received the seal of quality for workplace health promotion (BGF) for the years 2025 to 2027 from the Austrian Network for Workplace Health Promotion. We are very proud to be part of the BGF-network. The BGF seal of quality recognises companies that are

An image video for the POWERCAST project was shot at the end of November. Project partners were interviewed about the project. Johannes Reichl and Katharina Rusch, representing the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz, talked about their tasks of the FFG project as well as the research focus and exciting topics at the Energieinstitu. You’ll need

As part of the accompanying research for the research programme Energie.Frei.Raum funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology and managed by the FFG, the Energy Institute at the JKU Linz has produced a factsheet that provides basic information on the scope and possible use of regulatory sandboxes in

We are pleased to have launched a new course in cooperation with the CTO (Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials) in the current winter semester at the JKU! The course will focus on CO2 from multidisciplinary perspectives and will include a series of exciting lectures. The lectures will be given by experts from the

Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz goes Montenegro! The project meeting for Danube Indeet took place in Ulcinj, Montenegro, on 12th and 13th September 2024. Our colleagues Darja Markova and Jovana Winkler had the pleasure to represent the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz. It was exciting to gain insights into the progress of the project and

Discover MultiFutures: A HorizonEurope project on climate neutrality. This ambitious research project aims to pave the way towards a sustainable, climate-neutral, just and resilient society. By exploring alternative transformation pathways based on a broad range of economic theories and innovative paradigms, MultiFutures offers new insights and solutions to one of the most pressing challenges of

Congratulations to our project partner Stadtwerk Haßfurt GmbH! With the ‘Pilot project for a Haßfurt energy community – e-CREW’, they have won the STADTWERKE AWARD 2024 and taken first place! The Lower Franconian district town of Hassfurt produces twice as much energy from renewable sources as it consumes – an impressive role model for sustainable