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Factsheets

NEFI Offers and Services

Factsheet: NEFI Offers and Services – From Idea to Impactful Project (in German)
Poster: The NEFI Innovation Cycle – From Idea to Impact (in German)

Innovation Hubs

Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage
Circular Economy
CO₂-Neutral Gases and Hydrogen
Electrification and Energy Efficiency
Flexibility
Industrial Symbiosis

Solutions

Dynamic Load Flow Calculation for Heat Transfer Networks
EDCS – Energy Demand Control System
E.Factory
Efficient Drying Using Inline Measurement Technology
ENDOPT – Energy and Operation Optimisation
Energy Monitoring Dashboard
Energy Systems Lab (in German)
Indugrid-Platform
Integration of Steam-Generating Heat Pumps
Local Heating and Cooling Network
Open Innovation Workshops (in German)
Operational Optimization with Demand Side Management (in German)
Oxyfuel – Combustion
Planning Tool – Energy Communities
Use of Industrial Waste Heat in Heat Transfer Networks
With Creativity to Sustainable Innovation – LEGO® Serious Play®

Projects

AHEAD – Advanced Heat Pump Demonstrator (in German)
CE4T – Clean Energy for Tourism
directCCE – Direct Carbon Capture and Electrolysis (in German)
DSM_OPT – Demand Side Management: Operation Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems (in German)
EDCSproof – Energy Demand Control System
envIoTcast – Environmental Friendly Casting
Gmunden High Temperature Heat Link R&D
HyStEPs – Hybrid Storage for Efficient Processes
InduGrid – Industrial Microgrids
OxySteel – Energy Efficiency and DSM in Steel Production by the Use of Oxy-Fuel and CCU Technology
SANBA – Smart Anergy Quarter Baden
SBM_IND – Smart Business Models for Industry

Reports & Studies

NEFI Innovation Hubs (Factsheets, Posters & Scoping Papers)

Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage
Circular Economy
CO₂-Neutral Gases and Hydrogen
Electrification and Energy Efficiency
Flexibility
Industrial Symbiosis

Project Impact Assessment

1st Project Impact Assessment (11 NEFI Projects)
NEFI Impact Assessment: Methodology Explained (auf Englisch)

Decarbonisation Scenarios

Pathway to Industrial Decarbonisation – Scenarios for the Development of the Industrial Sector in Austria
Presentation: NEFI – Decarbonisation Scenarios

CE4T – Clean Energy for Tourism

Publishable Final Report of the NEFI Project CE4T

DSM_OPT – Demand Side Management: Operation Optimisation of Industrial Energy Systems

Publishable Final Report of the NEFI Project DSM_OPT
Deliverable 7.1 – Feature Implementation Plan

I4RD – Industry4Redispatch

Deliverable 3.1 – Current and New Business Models of Industrial Customers as Grid Service Providers and Their Associated Incentives
Deliverable 3.2 – Regulatory Analysis
Deliverable 3.3 – Definition of Processes for the Provision of Redispatch
Deliverable 3.4 – Estimated Industrial Redispatch Potential
Deliverable 5.1 – Summary of the Stakeholder Requirements and Initial Process Specification
Deliverable 5.2 – Specification of the TSO-DSO Interaction Process
Deliverable 7.1 – Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Solutions Developed in I4RD for The Stakeholders and the System as a Whole
Deliverable 7.2 – New Business Models for a Decarbonized and Grid-Supporting Industry
Deliverable 7.3 – Analysis and Simulation of Future Redispatch Needs
Deliverable 8.1 – Assessment of Scalability of the Proposed System
Deliverable 8.2 – Analysis of Techno-Economic Feasibility
Deliverable 9.1 – Results of the Redispatch Demonstration
Deliverable 10.1 – Key Results and Lessons Learned
Deliverable 10.2 – Guideline for Industry
Deliverable 10.3 – Guideline for TSO-DSO Interaction

LEAP – Low Pressure Steam Heat Pump

Integration Guide for Heat Pumps (in German)
Publishable Final Report

SANBA – Smart Anergy Quarter Baden

Publishable Final Report

Publications

2025

Conference Proceeding: Visualizing Interaction Effects for Combinatorial Cost-Benefit Analysis
Economic Feasibility of Supra-Regional District Heating Networks: Addressing Technical and Economic Considerations
Folder: Plan E – For a Sustainable Future in Construction (in German)
Fueling Industrial Flexibility: Discrete-Time Dispatch Optimization of Electric Arc Furnaces
Legal Framework for Hydrogen Production in Austria Using the Specific Example of a Company Site in Tyrol

2024

Diploma Thesis: Numerical Investigations on Heat Transfer In a Fast Firing Brick Kiln
Master's Thesis: Development of Industrial Waste Heat in Selected Locations (in German)
Numerical Investigations on the Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer in Fast-Firing Brick Kilns
PhD Thesis: Development of Methods and Componts for Future Industrial Energy Supply with Flexibility
Revolutionizing Heat Distribution: A Method for Harnessing Industrial Waste Heat with Supra-Regional District Heating Networks
Tackling Uncertainty: Forecasting the Energy Consumption and Demand of an Electric Arc Furnace with Limited Knowledge on Process Parameters
Waste Heat Inconsistencies in the Eu’s Energy Legislation

2023

Decarbonization of the Food Industry – The Solution for System Design and Operation
Master's Thesis: Experimental Design of Drying Kinetics Measurements
Master's Thesis: Numerical Simulation of a Hydrogen Burner for an Industrial Furnace
Master's Thesis: Optimization of a Decarbonized Brick Manufacturing Process in Tunnel Kilns by Means of Numerical Simulation
Master's Thesis: Requirements for the Energy-Optimal Transformation of the European Energy System
PhD Thesis: Modular Optimization for the Holistic Energy Management of Industrial Multi-Energy Systems (auf Englisch)
Power System Hardware in the Loop (PSHIL) Netzintegrationstests – Netzstabilität und -flexibilisierung mittels Schwungradspeicher (in German)
Regarding the Generation of Time Resolved Industrial Waste Heat Profiles
Risk Assessment in District Heating: Evaluating the Economic Risks of Inter-Regional Heat Transfer Networks With Regards to Uncertainties of Energy Prices and Waste Heat Availability Using Monte Carlo Simulations
Synthetic Load Profiles of Non-Energy Intensive Industrial Sites: A Combined Bottom-up and Top-Down Approach
Using Industrial Waste Heat in District Heating: Insights on Effective Project Initiation and Business Models

2022

A New Quasi-Dynamic Load Flow Calculation for District Heating Networks
Assessment of Deep and Shallow Geothermal Resources and Measurement of Waste Heat Potentials from Industrial Processes for Supplying Renewable Heat for Industry and Urban Quarters
Master's Thesis: Oxygen Provision for a Steel Mill via Flexible Electrolyser Operation
Master's Thesis: Time-Series Forecasting of an Electric Steel Mill's Power Demand: A Neural Network Approach
Model-Predictive Energy Management System for Thermal Batch Production Processes Using Online Load Prediction
PhD Thesis: Decarbonisation of Austria: Exergy Effiency and Sector Coupling
Provision of Demand-Side Flexibility through the Integration of Power-to-Gas Technologies in an Electric Steel Mill
Techno-Economic Case Study on Oxyfuel Technology Implementation in EAF Steel Mills – Concepts for Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Dioxide Utilization
White Paper: Energy – Efficiency through Research and Innovation (in German)

2021

Decarbonization of the Skiing Areas in Salzburg – Development of Optimization Algorithms and Energy Management Systems to Increase Energy Efficiency, Minimize Emissions and Optimize Flexibility (in German)
Decarbonization Scenarios for the Industrial Energy System in Austria (in German)
Low-Temperature Heating and Cooling Grids for Listed Buildings with Industrial Waste Heat and Geothermal Energy (in German)
Industry as a Fundamental Pillar of the Energy Transition for Austria and Beyond (in German)
Master's Thesis: Development of a Load Profile Generator for the Iron and Steel Industry Using Discrete-Event Simulation (in German)
Master's Thesis: Development of a Methodology for Energy and Exergy Analysis in Production Plants With Incomplete Measurement Data (in German)
Master's Thesis: Implementation and Validation of a Multi Layer Model Predictive Controller for Energy Supply Systems
Master's Thesis: Location Scenarios for the Expansion of PV Systems and Wind Turbines in Austria by 2030 (in German)
Master's Thesis: Modeling the Energy System of an Electric Steel Mill (in German)
Master's Thesis: Optimal Experimental Design for the Analysis of a Novel Hybrid Steam Storage
Master's Thesis: Structural-Mechanical Analysis of Casings for Phase Change Materials (in German)
NEFI – New Energy for Industry: A Pathway to a Decarbonised Industry (in German)
Pulp and Paper Industry: Decarbonisation Technology Assessment to Reach CO₂ Neutral Emissions – An Austrian Case Study
Simultaneous Integration of Heat Pumps and Different Thermal Energy Storages Into a Tightened Multi-Period MILP HENS Superstructure Formulation for Industrial Applications
Supra-Regional District Heating Networks: A Missing Infrastructure for a Sustainable Energy System
Synthetic Load Profile Generation for Production Chains in Energy Intensive Industrial Subsectors via a Bottom-Up Approach
Time- and Component-Resolved Energy System Model of an Electric Steel Mill
Time-Resolved Energy Consumption Modelling of Electric Steel Production (in German)

2020

100% Renewable Energy for Austria’s Industry: Alternative Energy Sources and Infrastructure Requirements
Co-Simulation Methodology of a Hybrid Latent-Heat Thermal Energy Storage Unit
Collaborative Governance in Energy Regions – Experiences from an Austrian Region
Data-Based Model Reduction for Phase Change Problems with Convective Heat Transfer
Evaluation of the Impact of the New Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 on Third-Party Access to District Heating Networks to Enforce the Feed-in of Industrial Waste Heat
Legal Options for Feeding Waste Heat into an Existing District Heating Network – An Analysis of the Amendments Introduced by the “Clean Energy Package” (in German)
Master's Thesis: Assessment of Waste Heat and Efficiency Potentials of an Industrial Dairy (in German)
Niedertemperatur-Abwärme der Molkerei NÖM (in German)
Master's Thesis: Modeling of the Phase Change Material of a Hybrid Storage Using the Finite Element Method
Numerical Studies on the Influence of Natural Convection Under Inclination on Optimal Aluminium Proportions and Fin Spacings in a Rectangular Aluminium Finned Latent-Heat Thermal Energy Storage
Report World of Living Labs
Test Grids for the Integration of RES – A Contribution for the European Context

2019

Design Optimization of a Hybrid Steam-PCM Thermal Energy Storage for Industrial Applications
Energy Efficiency in the District Heating Sector – An Analysis of the Renewable Energy Directive Regarding Alternative Feed-in Options
HyFlow—A Hybrid Load Flow-Modelling Framework to Evaluate the Effects of Energy Storage and Sector Coupling on the Electrical Load Flows
Master's Thesis: Modelling and Optimization of an Industrial Plant Using Modelica
OxySteel: Energieeffizienz und Demand Side Management in der Stahlindustrie

Events

2025

NEFI Technology Talk: Energy Efficiency in Servers and Data Centres

Energy Transition for Industry (in German)
Energy and AI: How Data Centres and the AI Boom Impact the Energy Sector
EU Regulation on Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption of Data Centres
NEFI – New Energy for Industry: Supporting the Industrial Energy Transition (in German)
Introduction to the funding program: "RTI Initiative for the Transformation of Industry" (in German)
Measures to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Servers (in German)
Energy Efficiency in the Server Room – Synergy Between Building and Process (in German)
Waste Heat Utilisation from Data Centres (in German)
Climate Concept of the IT and Data Centre of Linz AG (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk: Hydrogen Valley Meets NEFI – Best Practices für Österreichs H₂-Zukunft

Support for Innovation towards a Climate-Neutral Hydrogen Economy in Austria (in German)
Strategic Industrial Policy in Austria: The Chamber of Labour’s View on Opportunities and Challenges for the Hydrogen Economy (in German)
Introduction H2Valley. Vision and Goals, Planed Projects (in German)
GCA H2 Transformation Strategy (in German)
Hydrogen in Austria (in German)
RTI Initiative for the Transformation of Industry (in German)
Hy4Smelt –Hydrogen-Based Fluidized Bed Direct Reduction of Ultra-Fine Iron Ores and Smelting to Green Hot Metal
Green Hydrogen @ OMV (in German)
Hydrogen at Wien Energie: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk: CO₂ as a Resource – Technologies and Opportunities

Introduction: NEFI – New Energy for Industry (in German)
CCU/S Trends, Technologies and Challenges (in German)
CO₂ Capture Technologies and Challenges (in German)
CO₂ Conversion Pathways
CO₂ System Integration
Direct CO₂ Capture and Electrolysis - directCCE
directCCE - Direct Carbon Capture and Electrolysis
Introduction to the Funding Programme: “RTI Initiative for the Transformation of Industry“

NEFI Technology Talk at Innio Jenbacher: Hydrogen in Industry in Practice

A Model for CO₂-Free Energy Supply of an Industrial Plant (in German)
Current Hydrogen Use Cases from Industry (in German)
Hydrogen in Industry (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk with Green Tech Valley: Integrated Gas & Heat Networks

Interregional District Heating Network Systems: Technical and Economic Feasibility (in German)
H2 Roadmap for Austria (in German)
CO₂ Transport Networks as Key Infrastructure for Climate Neutrality (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk: Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage

Energy Transition for Industry (in German)
The Austrian Carbon Management Strategy (in German)
The Role of CCUS in Industrial Transformation (in German)
Innovative Technologies for Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (in German)
CO₂ Collection and Transport Network in Austria (in German)
Technische und wirtschaftliche Potenziale für CCUS (in German)
Carbon Capture for a Climate-Neutral Waste Management Sector (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk/Workshop: Industrial Flexibility and Provision of Redispatch

Industry4Redispatch (in German)

NEFI Technology Talk: Utilisation of Industrial Waste Heat

Overview of Waste Heat Recovery in Industry (in German)
Operational Waste Heat for the Processing of Secondary Raw Materials (in German)

Additional Event: Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung (IEWT)

⇒ The Role of Supra-Regional District Heating Network Systems in Ensuring the Security of Heat Supply

⇒ Economic Assessment of a Heat Highway Connecting Existing District Heating Networks

2024

NEFI Technology Talk: Decarbonisation of the Paper Industry – Perspectives, Opportunities, and Innovative Solutions

Decarbonised Energy Supply at Paper Production Sites
Innovative Solution for Decarbonising Drying Processes in the Paper Industry

NEFI Technology Talk: Innovative DC Solutions in Industry

OVE DC Initiative (in German)
Open DC Alliance ODCA – DC-Industries
H2020 Hyperride and FFG NEFI ADC Pilot Factory
NExT Factory

NEFI Conference 2024

NEFI Conference Programme 2024
NEFI Conference Proceedings 2024
Keynote: International Collaboration for Decarbonising the Steel and Cement Industry
Keynote: An Innovation System Perspective on Industrial Transition
Conference Paper: Examination of the Suitability of Industries for the Integration of Geothermal Energy and Cascading Utilisation of Heat Using the Example of Gmunden
Presentation: Optimized Use of Waste Heat in Thermo-Chemical Processes

NEFI Technology Talk: Industrial Waste Heat Utilisation with High Temperature Heat Pumps

Application examples for steam-generating heat pumps (in German)
Funding for industrial heat pumps (in German)
High-Temperature heat pump market
Keynote: The Importance of High Temperature Heat Pumps and Their Integration for Industry (mostly in German)
Strategies for Decarbonising Industrial Process Heat

NEFI Technology Talk: DC Industry

Hybrid Provision of Energy Based on Reliability and Resiliency via Integration of DC Equipment
Industrielle DC-Netze (in German)
OVE DC Initiative (in German)
DC Second Grid
Results of Research Projects DC-Industry
NExT Factory & NExT DC – Die Gleichstromfabrik als Beitrag zu Ressourceneffizienz und Klimaschutz (in German)

2023

NEFI Technology Talk: Drying Processes in Industry

Keynote: Energy efficiency in industrial drying processes
Food drying: Effect of process conditions and use of renewable energy sources
Drying of herbs
Near-infrared product moisture sensors: Cost-effective and ultra-compact technology for inline monitoring
Food ingredients drying
Brick drying

NEFI Technology Talk: Hydrogen for Austria's Industry - Challenges and Solutions on the Path to Decarbonisation

Hydrogen Infrastructure as an Essential Enabler of Industrial Climate Neutrality (in German)
Hydrogen Network Upper Austria (in German)
Technological Innovations in Storage: Underground Sun Storage, Underground Sun Conversion. (in German)
Demonstration of a CO₂-neutral energy supply for industrial plants: The NEFI H2Factory project
Legal Framework for Long-Term Energy Storage - The Most Crucial Key to Sustainable Energy Transition? (in German)
Activities for the ramp-up of a hydrogen market in Austria (in German)
Hydrogen costs: Where do we stand, where do we need to go? (in German)

2022

NEFI Technology Talk: Decarbonisation of Heating and Cooling Supply With Geothermal Energy and Industrial Waste Heat

Geothermal Energy as a Central Building Block of the Heat Transition (in German)
Drilling Planning and Drilling Technology in Deep Geothermal Energy (in German)
Industrial Waste Heat Potentials - Possibilities of Determination and Case Study (in German)
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Waste Heat Integration (in German)
High-Temperature Heat Pumps (in German)

NEFI Conference 2022

NEFI Conference Programme 2022 (in German)
NEFI Conference Proceedings 2022

2021

NEFI Conference 2021

NEFI Conference Programme 2021 (in German)

Press Area

APA Press Releases

Geothermal Heating and Cooling Networks for Industry, Commerce, and Residential Buildings in Upper Austria (in German)
Milestone in the “Industry4Redispatch” Project (in German)
NEFI+: Innovation Boost for the Climate-Neutral Transformation of Industry (in German)
NEFI Conference 2024: Innovation as a Driver of Industrial Transformation (in German)
Sustainable Pharmaceutical Production at Takeda (in German)

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Roll Up

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Internal Documents & Templates

NEFI Project Handbook
Dissemination Report
NEFI Impact Assessment: Methodology Explained
Risk Report