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Sustainability in football: the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz, under the management by Johannes Lindorfer, is working on this in an EU project together with international project partners and is investigating, among other things, the reduction of microplastics on artificial turf pitches. In addition to national associations, the clubs FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano […]

Are ethylene and ethylene oxide based on biogenic CO2 and power-to-X as economical as their fossil counterparts? According to the techno-economic assessment carried out as part of the Horizon 2020 project CO2EXIDE, they have the potential to be – but only if energy and resource efficiency is further increased and all products are recycled! Valerie

With the aim of further developing the hydrogen region of Upper Austria, the Upper Austrian provincial government founded the Upper Austrian Hydrogen Network. A strategy board coordinates the corresponding activities of the network. Robert Tichler is a member of the strategy board, in which current and future activities in the field of hydrogen in Upper

TransformationEnergy systemAmbitiousMultidisciplinary Interdisciplinary work is particularly important to us at the Energy Institute at JKU Linz. Last week, we were able to recharge our batteries and have excellent conversations to deepen our multidisciplinary structure during our teambuilding excursion. We wish you a relaxing and beautiful summer!

Our INNOnet project got off to a successful start: At the kickoff, innovative, performance-based electricity tariff models were discussed, which we will test in three large-scale demos in Austria. The aim of the project is to investigate how households can be motivated to avoid peak loads and increasingly use locally generated electricity in order to

How aviation fuel and the scent of spruce find each other and what this has to do with our European project REWOFUEL can be read in the current issue of the OÖN. Link to the newspaper article: https://tinyurl.com/mwj5ym6k

Join in and protect the climate: The Climate Campaigners project shows how it’s done! Download the Climate Campaigners app and take part in interesting challenges that inspire you to live a CO2-neutral life! Choose a topic you would like to start with, from energy efficiency to mobility to consumption, and find the challenges that are

In the second newsletter of the DIALOGUES project, we are pleased to present our latest findings from our Citizen Action Labs in Italy and Switzerland, which are leading the way in shifting our perspective from a sole focus on individual consumers to a collective, more inclusive approach. As we move toward a low-carbon future, we

Renewable gases will play a key role in the transformation of the energy system (especially in the so-called “hard-to-abate” sectors). Appropriate framework conditions are essential for the expansion of renewable gases. To this end, the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology has set up a Service Agency for Renewable Gases

As part of the EU summit tour in Upper Austria, a discussion on EU energy policy took place. As an energy expert, Marie-Theres Holzleitner participated with EU Ambassador Martin Selmayr and the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Policy, Paul Schmidt, among others. On the way to the Europe Cross on the Feuerkogel,