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2025

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Recap: Industry Impulses "Strengthening Innovation"

by Oxana Schmidt

How can industrial transformation be successfully achieved? Which technologies deliver real impact – and how can research, business, and policy work together to shape change? The event "Industry Impulses" on March 27th, 2025, in Vienna provided answers to these questions. As part of the FTI Initiative for Industrial Transformation, the Climate and Energy Fund invited participants to exchange ideas – featuring top-class experts, practical project examples, and exciting insights from the NEFI+ innovation lab.

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

by Oxana Schmidt

On February 26st, 2025, as part of the IEWT, the NEFI Technology Talk/Workshop on the topic Industrial Flexibility and Provision of Redispatch took place. The workshop provided a platform for exchange between industry, research, and grid operators, shedding light on how industrial enterprises can actively contribute to the provision of redispatch measures.

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Award for Josef Steinegger: Raphael Bointner Award for the Best Paper at IEWT 2025

by Oxana Schmidt

Josef Steinegger (Montanuniversität Leoben, Chair of Energy Network Technology) was honoured with the Raphael Bointner Award for the best paper in the field of "Energy in Buildings/Neighbourhoods" at the 14th International Conference on Energy Economics at TU Wien (IEWT 2025). This prestigious recognition marks a significant achievement for Josef Steinegger and the entire team at the Chair of Energy Network Technology at Montanuniversität Leoben.

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NEFI expert Tara Esterl wins NIM Award 2024

by Oxana Schmidt

International recognition for NEFI Expert from AIT Austrian Institute of Technology: Tara Esterl, project lead of the NEFI project Industry4Redispatch, has been honored as the winner in the "Female Innovator" category of the Mission Innovation Net-Zero Industries Awards 2024. The Mission Innovation Net-Zero Industries Award (NIM Award) recognises outstanding companies and individuals who drive industrial decarbonisation with pioneering approaches, highlighting their innovative contributions.

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Milestone in the Project “Industry4Redispatch”

by Oxana Schmidt

The research project Industry4Redispatch (I4RD) has reached a significant milestone with the successful execution of a large-scale demonstration. During this demonstration, redispatch activation was tested at four Austrian industrial sites. Participants in the test phase included major companies such as MONDI and voestalpine Stahl, as well as medium-sized enterprises like Wiesbauer Wien and a “Virtual Power Plant” (VPP) operated by Siemens and Energie Kompass, where multiple facilities were pooled to collectively provide flexibility.

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Recap of the NEFI Technology Talk: Utilisation of Industrial Waste Heat

by Oxana Schmidt

The NEFI Technology Talk "Industrial Waste Heat Utilisation," organised by OÖ Energiesparverband, showcased opportunities for utilising waste heat within companies—for production processes, space heating and cooling, or water heating.

The event provided 76 participants with an overview of various waste heat sources and their technical applications.

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2024

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Energy Transition at Its Best: GreenBricks – The CO₂-Neutral Brick Factory

by Oxana Schmidt

The NEFI project GreenBricks at the demonstration plant in Uttendorf has won the prestigious 2024 Energy Star of Upper Austria in the category "Energy Transition at Its Best" (original: „Energiewende ganz groß“)!

This award recognises innovative projects that position Upper Austria as a model region for climate protection and the energy transition. Together, Wienerberger and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology demonstrate how circular economy and climate-friendly production become a reality.

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Direct Current for
Decarbonising Industry

by Oxana Schmidt

We need more energy in the future but less CO2. Direct current aims to make both possible.

By 2030, global energy demand will increase by 30%. The challenge lies in meeting this growing demand without burning fossil fuels, says Hartwig Stemmberger, Manager at Eaton Technologies, during the NEFI (New Energy for Industry) conference in Vienna. However, existing energy grids are already reaching their limits, and expansion projects in Europe often take decades. For him, a viable approach is the expansion of DC in industry.

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GreenBricks: wienerberger launches Europe's "greenest" brick production plant in Uttendorf

by Oxana Schmidt

After 24 months of reconstruction, the wienerberger plant in Uttendorf launched on November 28, 2024 the most sustainable brick production within the wienerberger Group. Using the world’s largest industrial electric kiln, CO2 emissions at this demonstration site are reduced by up to 90%.

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