What is Green Energy Lab?

The Green Energy Lab research initiative is an association and incubator for applied research and innovation in the field of renewable energy and heating solutions. The founding members are four of Austria’s major energy providers: Energie Steiermark, EVN, Wien Energie and Burgenland Energie. With the so-called “Innovator Circle”, Green Energy Lab has an extensive network of more than 350 companies and market-oriented research facilities, technology providers and the public sector. The focus of the association’s activities is on the development, implementation and system integration of energy innovations bridging the gap between technology development and the market, and therefore functioning as an incubator and accelerator for the energy transition.

 

What others say about us:

  • Citation graphic: Bernd Vogl, Managing Director of the Climate and Energy Fund, says: “We are impressed by the remarkable results of our Flagship Energy Regions (Green Energy Lab, NEFI, WIVA). Business and science are working together to achieve practical solutions in the areas of energy transition, sustainable industry and climate-friendly mobility. This is how successful transformation works! In the Green Energy Lab in particular, solutions for a sustainable energy future are tested in real-life operations, together with a large number of partner companies and the general public. Green Energy Lab shows what a climate-friendly energy future could look like in Austria. The fact that significant steps have already been taken here is encouraging. We are experiencing rising energy prices, so it is becoming increasingly important to become less dependent on global upheavals and to make sustainable energy solutions competitive.”
  • Citation graphic: Monika Auer, General Secretary of ÖGUT, sagt: “Making the energy world fit for the future requires a variety of ideas, expertise, stakeholders, bundling and structuring at the same time, an open culture of innovation at the beginning and pragmatism in the transition to the market. Green Energy Lab meets this challenge with imagination, consistency and professionalism.”
  • Citation graphic: Ulla Unzeitig and Susanne Formanek, Managing Directors of RENOWAVE.AT e.G., say: “Green Energy Lab impresses with its practical and forward-looking approaches to promoting renewable energies. The consistent focus on effective solutions accelerates the sustainable energy transition and delivers impressive, measurable successes.”
  • Citation graphic: Michael Strebl, Chairman of the Wien Energie Management Board, says: “We are pulling out all the stops to make the energy transition a success. We are expanding renewable energies, focusing on climate-neutral heat generation and producing green hydrogen. Together with the Green Energy Lab, we can test numerous innovative approaches that will help us on our way to climate neutrality by 2040.”
  • Citation graphic: Stephan Sharma, CEO of Burgenland Energie, says: “Our task is huge and it will take all our courage and energy to drive the energy transition forward. We need to further intensify research and development, which is why we are an active supporter of the Green Energy Lab.”
  • Citation graphic: Christian Purrer, Spokesman of the Board (retired) of Energie Steiermark, says: “Only by joining forces can we succeed in mobilizing the necessary innovation potential to bring newly developed technologies to market as quickly as possible so that they can make a substantial contribution to decarbonizing the energy sector. This is the primary goal of our joint initiative.”
  • Citation graphic: EVN Spokesman of the Board Stefan Szyszkowitz is pleased to continue being part of Austria’s largest innovation laboratory: “On the way to a renewable energy future, we need to join forces.”
  • Citation graphic: Anita Preisler, BIM Managerin at e7 GmbH, says: “I particularly appreciate Green Energy Lab's extensive network in the field of energy supply and energy planning for knowledge exchange and cooperation. The personal collaboration with Green Energy Lab as part of a research project was uncomplicated and very helpful.”
  • Citation Graphic: Klaus Paar, Institute Director of Güssing Energy Technologies GmbH, says: “Green Energy Lab gives our ‘Doppler’ project visibility, resonance and technical depth at the same time. The platform combines a pioneering spirit with structure – a rare but crucial combination for transformation projects.”
  • Citation graphic: Andrea Edelmann, Innovation and Sustainability Manager of EVN, says: “We are currently on the way to a renewable energy future. Developing and testing new ideas is a central part of this and is at the heart of the Green Energy Lab. I am delighted to have the opportunity to continue the successful path of this research initiative as chairwoman and spokesperson of the board.”
  • Citation graphic: Klaus Pichler, Division Manager GreenTech/ Authorized Representative of Rabmer GreenTech GmbH, says: “Green Energy Lab is a great partner for us for knowledge transfer in the area of wastewater energy utilisation and the efficient use of water and energy. Working with the Green Energy Lab team is a lot of fun and a win-win situation for everyone.”
  • Citation graphic: Ralf-Roman Schmidt, Senior Research Engineer at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, says: “Green Energy Lab is becoming an increasingly important player with regard to the decarbonisation of heat supply; with its large network, it can bring together the players in different sectors, e.g. electricity, gas and heat, as well as in the entire value chain, e.g. consumers, grid operators, producers, regulators, solution providers and researchers.”
  • Citation graphic: Marie-Luise Bruckner, Team Lead Urban Data at UIV Urban Innovation Vienna, says: “We had the great pleasure of visiting the Green Energy Lab - a true pioneer when it comes to promoting sustainable energy solutions. We were able to benefit from the Lab's extensive experience in setting up and operating an innovation lab through an intensive exchange of knowledge.”
  • Citation graphic: Markus Puchegger, Research Assistent/Authorised Representative at Hochschule Burgenland, says: “The energy transition requires not only technological innovations at system level, but also energy-economic changes as well as social and digital transformations. Green Energy Lab takes a holistic approach here and provides model solutions that demonstrate what our energy future could look like.”
  • Citation graphic: Guntram Preßmair, Partner and Consultant of e7 energy innovation & engineering, says: “In the Green Energy Lab, an idea becomes a concrete project! We have already been able to find many suitable partners, particularly in the matchmaking formats – from ambitious start-ups to specialised research institutions.”

Activities of Green Energy Lab

Flagship Region Energy: the Green Energy Lab innovation laboratory

Since 2018, Green Energy Lab has been operating Austria’s largest innovation laboratory for a sustainable energy future as part of the “Vorzeigeregion Energie (Flagship Region Energy)” funding programme of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund. With the core region consisting of the capital Vienna and the surrounding provinces of Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria, this innovation lab has a test market of five million consumers. More than 150 million Euros are to be invested in over 60 projects by 2026.  

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Other contracts and activities

Green Energy Lab acts as service provider for research and demonstration projects and supports collaborating companies and research institutions along their innovation journey. Additionally, Green Energy Lab provides services as a contractor for the public and private sector, e.g. in the field of needs or impact assessments. To give an example: Green Energy Lab in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology (ÖGUT) won a prestigious tender from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure to provide operational programme support for their R&D&I priority topics “Energy Transition” and “Climate Neutral City”. In addition, Green Energy Lab provides coordination services as part of an Austrian living lab initiative, in which prototype system solutions for integrated, regional energy systems are developed, tested and validated.