Topics & Methods
The activities of the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz are aimed at promoting science in research, development and teaching. In this context, energy economic, legal and technical questions of all kinds, which concern the energy supply in the broadest sense, are researched and dealt with on a scientific basis.
The vision of the Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz is the active development of an energy system that positively influences living, economic and environmental spaces and in doing so strengthens the European economies and reduces fossil energy sources as far as possible. The Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz pursues a holistic approach and researches the energy system taking into account the individual components as a whole: provision, use, transport, and storage of energy – each area is only a part of the whole and is taken into account in an interdisciplinary manner through the analyses of the three departments of the Institute – Energy Economics, Energy Law, Energy Technology