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EUH2STARS at the International Summer School on UHS in Copenhagen
On July 3rd, the societal embeddedness level (SEL) of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) was discussed during the 4th International Summer School on UHS in Copenhagen. Event link The session included insights from the EUH2STARS project,...
A new era of district heating thinking?
Economic feasibility of supra-regional connections of existing district heating networks. Regional decarbonisation is essential for achieving climate neutrality.We asked ourselves whether connecting existing district heating networks is a viable way to reduce CO₂ emissions. Connecting...
Green gases – green future?
As part of the event “Green Gases – Green Future? Legal framework conditions and their requirements” organized by Business Upper Austria, Marie-Theres Holzleitner-Senck and Jovana Winkler held a presentation for the Energy Institute at the...
What does a future-proof legal framework for energy-efficient data centers look like?
Data centers are the backbone of digitalization, but they require enormous amounts of energy. At the same time, they generate usable waste heat. The article “Digitalization Meets Climate Protection: Legal Framework for Energy-Efficient Data Centres”...
From visions to solutions
On 12.06.2025, Johannes Lindorfer and Gregor Riha took part in the event “Future Forum Green Gas” under the motto “From Visions to Solutions” to exchange ideas with other representatives from the fields of industry and...
Helene Mihatsch MSC
Helene Mihatsch graduated from the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Earth Sciences. After gaining work experience at a hydraulic engineering consultancy firm, she studied ‘Science and Technology of...
“Summer sun for winter electricity: community hydrogen storage for energy communities”
The spring meeting of the Technology Platform Smart Grids Austria (TP SGA) 2025 in Dornbirn gave our colleague Katrin Burgstaller the opportunity to hold a presentation. Under the title “Summer sun for winter electricity: Community...
Cerisea: First bio-based industrial production of 5-HMF in Europe
“Awakening the Sleeping Giant”: 5-HMF as a Promising Bio-Based Platform Chemical for a Sustainable European Industry 🧪🌱 With the launch of the flagship project CERISEA, a groundbreaking European initiative is gaining momentum. Its goal: the...
Multidimensional Transition Pathway Analysis for Sustainable Futures: Exploring Alternative Paradigms and Broadening Policy Options through Innovative Scenario Development
MultiFutures: New paths for a sustainable futureThe MultiFutures research project, funded under Horizon Europe, aims to shape the transition to a sustainable, climate-neutral, equitable, and resilient society. By developing and evaluating alternative transformation pathways based...
Adjusting policy measures to achieve a Just transition preventing ineqUalities and fostering Solidary parTicipation
The ADJUST project is concerned with the fair design of climate and energy policy in Austria. The aim is to avoid social inequalities, in particular to better include disadvantaged groups such as low-income households. To...
Unlocking the Potential of Electrolysis Waste Heat for District Heating
The production of hydrogen through electrolysis not only produces green hydrogen – but also waste heat, which has often remained unused to date. However, it is precisely this heat that offers potential to usefully supplement...
Achieving climate neutrality with Carbon Capture
How can CO₂ be specifically captured and reused from industrial processes that are difficult to avoid, such as cement production? Our colleague Hans Böhm, together with Susanne Hochmeister and Thomas Kienberger, was invited to analyse...
Hydrogen Industrial Inland Valley
The HI2 Valley project aims to build a comprehensive renewable hydrogen economy in Austria’s industrial heartlands of Upper Austria, Styria, and Carinthia. By integrating green hydrogen across key sectors—particularly steel, chemical, and cement industries, as...
Final stakeholder conference “Underground Sun Storage 2030”
From May 14 to 15, 2025, the final stakeholder conference of the “Underground Sun Storage 2030” project took place. Alongside many exciting insights from the project and the industry, our colleagues Andreas Zauner and Jovana...
What is the value of energy storage – and how can it be quantified?
This was the central question of the final project meeting of IEA Energy Storage TCP Task 41, which took place last week in Lucerne. Led by Task Manager Andreas Hauer, the following exciting questions were...