Research Activities

• PRONG

  To enable the transition to renewable energies and sustainable resources, new technologies for long-term electricity storage are urgently needed. Furthermore, chemical intermediates must be produced renewably to ensure industrial production in Europe. The splitting of water into hydrogen and the conversion of CO2 into syngas and methane are promising electrochemical processes to enable this.

• AktivMAT

  Water and CO2 as sustainable raw materials for the synthesis of green gases (e.g. H2 and syngas) as energy sources and process gas will play an important role in a sustainable economy and society. This brings with it new opportunities for companies, both in the apparatus construction, components and supply industries, as well as for service, network and energy companies. The ActivMAT project focuses on the further development and a fundamental understanding of the active materials and materials of common H2 and CO2 electrolyzers. The focus is on the alkaline water electrolyser (AE) and materials for direct electrochemical CO2 reduction.

• UMCAWE

  The main goal is the electrochemical conversion of CO2 emissions from two different sources (cement production, biogas production). The target product in this case is methane, as it can be used directly on site in both industrial sectors. In cement production, methane can be used as a high-quality fuel for cement kilns. In biogas fermentation, methane is already the target product; converting the by-product CO2 into methane would significantly increase the overall quality of the resulting biogas. In this case, the processed biogas can also be used for purposes other than heating. This could make the entire biogas process more economically profitable.

• EigenStrom2Go

  The aim of this exploratory project is to investigate the motivations and needs of all stakeholders in the context of a stakeholder analysis. Based on this, service design blueprints will be created for different use cases and a feasibility analysis will be performed according to the following criteria: Legal, technical, economic, network usability. From this, the development needs for an implementation of the EigenStrom2Go concept in the context of a subsequent RDI project will be derived.

• Clean Tech Club

  The energy transition is the main task in combating climate change. Mastering this great challenge requires talented, cooperative and well-trained people in this field. The "Clean Tech Club" is a network group that will be formed by students of all ages and stakeholders from the fields of research, science, education and business. They all share the vision that the energy transition is possible, if they engage in a cooperative development process. There are three different innovation areas to carry out the necessary development work. For the involvement phase, we use the mobile energy laboratory (energy trailer) to set up a low-threshold extracurricular offer for children and young people on site with the latest technology and fascinating experiments. Young talents can then deepen their knowledge in the stationary offer of the innovation laboratories together with the supporters from science, education and business and then develop and implement their own ideas and solutions in the innovation factory. In the weekly network meetings, complex connections are discussed and solution strategies are developed. In the experimental phase, the ideas are implemented and the results validated. Furthermore, there should be an intensive exchange and cooperation with all other funded co-creation spaces. In order to further develop the project, there will be a multi-day excursion every year to learn from best practice examples. As many people as possible should benefit from the results of the co-creation process, therefore the participants themselves will create teaching and learning materials using modern technology (e.g. instructional videos, podcasts, virtual reality). Through close cooperation with people from business and science, new educational paths and/or career paths for young talents, but especially for girls, can be identified and made possible.

• NETSE

  The Institute for Sustainability and the Department of Consumer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt at the Campus Wieselburg, together with numerous research and industry partners, are researching the needs of potential members of energy communities as well as the requirements for communication interfaces in order to be able to integrate, for example, photovoltaic systems, battery storage and electric charging stations into an energy community. Further research topics concern the optimal planning of energy communities and their organizational forms.

• E-Red

  State-of-the-art of potential primary and secondary measures for slow heat release appliances regarding effects on emissions and thermal efficiency