ZUERST aims to make it possible jointly to achieve synergies and potentials for energy production and management and to reinforce the use of renewable raw materials from the region, using existing and potential new technologies.

Companies involved
KWB Die Biomasseheizung, CLEANSTGAS,
SOBIO – Sozialer Biomassehof, Sonnenstrom,
Hestia – Wärmeliefergemeinschaft, KLT-Trocknungsanlage,
Biogasanlage St. Margarethen/Raab.

Technical data
Project location: St. Margarethen an der Raab
Year of construction: since 2010

History
In the last 15 years, a great deal has happened in the Industriestrasse in St. Margarethen an der Raab. Over time, more than 20 future-oriented businesses have settled on this site, previously used for arable farming.

All these businesses as well as the surrounding municipalities need electricity, heating and fuel; some produce energy in the form of electricity and heat and others have a surplus of raw and other materials. This led to the idea and vision of an optimised interaction between the energy and material flows and energy technologies in the form of a “future-oriented energy and raw material centre”.

Vision
ZUERST aims to make it possible jointly to achieve synergies and potentials for energy production and management and to reinforce the use of renewable raw materials from the region, using existing and potential new technologies.
Surplus waste heat and existing infrastructure should be used for further processing and refinement of the regional raw materials and different energy technologies optimally applied and linked together. The result should be a corresponding increase in regional value creation.

Address:
ZUERST
A-8321 St. Margarethen/Raab 163
+43 3115/2263
gde@st-margarethen-raab.at
www.zuerst-energie.at

Contact person:
Gerhard Berghold
gerhard.berghold@gmail.com

The idea of creating a wind park in the mountains, 1900 metres above sea level, was seen for a long time as completely utopian. Today there are not just 13 wind turbines but also a large solar power station on the mountain ridge between Kobaldeck and Pichlerstein.

Companies involved
Tauernwind Windkraftanlagen GmbH

Project data
Project location: Oberzeiring/Murtal
Year of construction: 2002–2004
Generation: 22.75 MW wind power + 2 MW photovoltaic, ~ 44 GWh/year

The wind park is in the municipal community Oberzeiring near the Klosterneuburger Hütte, a small mountain cabin where visitors can take a rest and buy refreshments all year round.
The mountain ridge, where the wind park is located, stretches between the peeks Kobaldeck and Pichlerstein and is perpendicular to the main wind direction. Due to its exposed location the site promises to be very suitable for the operation of wind turbines. The wind measurements at the site in 49 m showed a mean wind speed of 7 m/s. This can be compared to wind conditions on the North Sea.
The Tauernwindpark consists of 13 wind turbines of the Vestas V66 model with a rated power of 1.75 MW each. With a total production of 22.75 MW, these wind park turbines make an annual energy contribution of approx. 44,000 MWh.
The Tauernwindpark can only be reached by car from the beginning of April to the end of October over an access road called the „Höhenstrasse“. In winter the site is accessible via the skiing area Lachtal/Rossalpe by means of a ski tow or by foot or with a special vehicle from the Tauernwind GmbH.
Since 2011, the wind park site has also hosted Austria’s currently largest photovoltaic installation to generate solar power. Like the Tauernwindpark, this project also represents a milestone in the use of renewable resources in Austria.

Address:
Tauernwind Windkraftanlagen GmbH
Pottenbrunner Hauptstrasse 77
A-3140 Pottenbrunn
www.tauernwind.com

Contact person:
Rudolf Wiesnegger

The Mureck “SonnenEnergieBürgerInnenAnlage“(Citizens’ Solar Energy Plant) is designed to generate solar power. Its unusual feature is that 320 citizens of the region are shareholders, making it the largest community project in Austria.

Companies involved
SEBA Mureck, Consulting engineer Ing. Leo Riebenbauer, ELIN Motoren, 320 private persons and 7 municipalities

Project data
Project location: Mureck
Year of construction: 2011–2012
Type of services: 2,000 kWp
Staff: 2
ROI: ~ 5 %

Since 2008, Karl Totter has been the pioneer and organiser with a committed project team in the development of a unified concept extending the already existing Mureck Energy Park (biodiesel, local heating, biogas and ecopower) with the implementation of a photovoltaic citizens‘ installation.

After extensive preparations, collection of information and approval procedures, the SEBA Mureck GmbH was founded on 12 April 2010. The concept was implemented with the objectives of climate protection, safety, employment and quality of life. The project (first stage of development: 1,050 kWp) was implemented in 2010 and 2011 with the participation of 320 citizens and the support of the local authorities of the small region of Mureck and the state of Styria, with scientific assistance from the Graz University of Technology. The second stage of a further 950 kWp will be implemented in 2012 with additional innovations.

The motto of the innovative pilot and research project is “On the road with the sun”, and it is hoped to inspire many districts in Austria to follow its example.

The first stage has been operational since 14 March 2011. In the first year, 1.36 million kWh of solar energy were already produced, saving 952 tons of CO2.

Address:
SEBA Mureck GmbH & Co KG
Bioenergiestrasse 3, A-8480 Mureck
+43 3472/3577
www.sebamureck.at

Contact person:
Karl Totter, CEO
totter@sebamureck.at

Since 1996, Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG has been operating a site in Unterpremstätten for the recycling of used electrical devices. With the extension in 2010 of a special recycling department for small electrical devices, the overall centre has become a unique site for recycling all types of old electrical devices in the Alpine-Adriatic area.

Companies involved
Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG

Project data
Project location: Unterpremstätten
Year of construction: 2010
Type of services: ~ 15,000 to/year
Staff: 22 (on site)

As far back as 1996, a centre for recycling computer screens and refrigerators was operating in Unterpremstätten. With the extension in 2010 of a special recycling department for small electrical devices, the overall centre has become a unique site for recycling all types of old electrical devices in the Alpine-Adriatic area. This means that in future up to 95% of the components of used electrical devices can be recycled by Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG and used to recover useful materials.

The recycling centre extracts everything possible from old electrical devices, batteries and accumulators. The centre
• disassembles electrical devices into their component parts using the latest technology and separates out hazardous and useful substances
• also facilitates very precise manual disassembly in several stages
• up to 85 % of the components of used electrical devices can be recovered for subsequent high-quality refinement´

Improve the environment. Recycle waste.
Saubermacher is an internationally successful waste disposal and reprocessing enterprise with around 4,200 staff in Austria and abroad. From its headquarters in Feldkirchen near Graz, the company supports around 100 offices and 75 joint ventures in Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania.

Saubermacher offers individually tailored waste disposal solutions, primarily for the collection, weighing and reprocessing of municipal, business and hazardous waste, manages residual material sorting plants and develops waste management concepts to minimise waste disposal costs and optimise the business and municipal waste economy.

Saubermacher is more than just the advance guard of Austria’s waste business: Saubermacher is a basic commitment to a worthwhile environment and to cooperation in partnership. It combines the greatest possible customer orientation with internal attention to the needs of staff.

Address:
Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG
Am Damm 50, A-8141 Unterpremstätten
+43 59 800 2300
unterpremstaetten@saubermacher.at
www.saubermacher.at

SATTLER Ceno Biogas GmbH is a traditional family business with a long history, und more than 30 years ago, they revolutionised the sector of (bio)gas storage with the invention of the double membrane gas storage tank. The areas of application range from sewage treatment plants via industrial applications up to agricultural applications.

Master data
Company headquarters: Graz – Gössendorf
Year of foundation: 1875
Sphere of activity: Membrane storage solutions
Employees: 675
Export quota: 95%
Export countries: Worldwide

… Quality and consistency are our first priority
As the leading provider, we represent the longest value added chain in our own company. Our own weaving mill and coating ensure the best quality for supply of the base material – PVC-coated polyester fabric. This is also supported in the company by ISO quality management as well as ISO environmental management. Optimally coordinated state-of-the-art technologies and fast reaction are quality features for us and ensure the basis for reliable functioning of our plants.

… Reliability and adherence to schedules
Competent technicians plan and design several hundred plants per year and support our clients with words and deeds in order to guarantee that your projects are running smoothly. With a powerful team, technology-oriented project management as well as project control, we are taking good care of you. With two production sites (Austria, Germany), adherence to delivery schedules can be guaranteed.

… We are delighted to support you
You can elaborate modularised and economically optimised solutions in close cooperation with our technicians. This interface optimisation reduces the risk to a minimum. A diversified product range offers the right solution for any challenge. Our competent planning team integrates itself perfectly into your plant and thus helps obtaining approval in a fast and uncomplicated manner. Satisfied clients and a multitude of reference confirm this.

… We help you to be different
Secure your advance with future-oriented, state-of-the-art premium products. Our experience has made us the worldwide biggest supplier of gas storage tanks. Our own research and development division decisively contributes to the individual adaptation and further development of our product range. This is also highlighted by numerous patents.

… Maintenance and service
Fast reaction as well as service and maintenance contracts are further quality features. Periodic inspections secure the continuous functionality and enable preventive measures. Therewith, highest possible safeguarding against failure can be guaranteed. And of course we are delighted to support you in case of questions with respect to expansion and renewal of your plant.

Address:
Sattler AG
Sattlerstrasse 45, 8077 Gössendorf/Graz - Austria
+43 316/41 04 282, mail@sattler-ag.com
www.sattler-ag.com

Contact persons:
Dipl.-Phys. Stefan Teuber

S.O.L.I.D. is a leading company in the field of large-scale solar plants to produce heating and cooling output. Since 1993, S.O.L.I.D. has designed, built, delivered, assembled and supported large-scale solar plants, making it the right partner for your solar plant.

Basic data
Company location: Graz
Year established: 1992
Type of activity: Large-scale thermal solar heating and cooling plants
Staff: 27
Export proportion: 60–90 %
Export countries: Worldwide

S.O.L.I.D. is a Styrian solar engineering company specialising in large-scale solar thermal energy plants. Since 1992, S.O.L.I.D. has been planning, building, delivering, assembling and operating large-scale solar plants around the world, providing hot water, space heating, and supplying process heat (district heating input) as well as thermally-driven cooling. With its know-how for large solar plants exceeding 100 m2 collector surface, S.O.L.I.D. is both a pioneer and one of the world’s leading companies in the solar industry.

SOLAR HEATING ... in residential buildings and for district heating
S.O.L.I.D. uses the huge potential for the integration of thermal solar plants to provide an environmentally-friendly supply of hot water and heating energy. Using the latest remote maintenance systems, the installations are continuously monitored and optimised. With its sophisticated control technology and large-area collectors with the highest levels of efficiency, S.O.L.I.D. is able to supply solar energy in the hightemperature range to district heating grids. Plants with collector areas covering several thousand square metres minimise operating costs as well as specific procurement costs and thereby make an active contribution to protecting the environment.

… for industrial process heating
Special applications require special solutions. S.O.L.I.D. develops solutions for each individual thermal application.

SOLAR COOLING
Solar cooling is one of the key technologies for energy-efficient buildings. Many customers are unaware that a solar plant can also be used for cooling purposes. But the idea is in fact very simple: in summer, when there is an increased demand for cooling because of the solar radiation, the energy which is obtained is utilised to drive a thermal cooling machine that provides the necessary cooling capacity.

S.O.L.I.D. is the world leader in implementing this technology on an industrial scale. The most powerful solar cooling systems in the world have been and continue to be built by S.O.L.I.D. In December 2011, the currently largest solar cooling plant started operation, with a collector field of 4,000 m² and a maximum cooling output of 1,500 kW.

THERMAL SOLAR ENERGY AS A SERVICE
Many of S.O.L.I.D.‘s plant were implemented on an energy contracting basis. In this case, S.O.L.I.D. designs, finances, builds and operates the plant on behalf of the energy customer. The customer only pays for the energy actually supplied. The investment is financed by banks and/or investors and refinanced through the energy delivery.

Address:
S.O.L.I.D. GmbH
Puchstrasse 85, A-8020 Graz
+43 316/29 28 40, office@solid.at
www.solid.at

Contact person:
Harald Blazek, Head of Project Development
h.blazek@solid.at

Cooperation through innovation!
With the expertise of 90 scientists and the combined know-how of our more than 40 industrial and academic partners, we demonstrate the various possible uses of plastics in the most diverse areas of application – for sustainable future technologies!

Basic data
Company locatione: Leoben (Headquarters), Graz and Vienna
Year established: 2002
Type of activity: R&D in the field of plastics engineering and polymer sciences
Staff: 90
Export proportion: 15 %
Export countries: Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, USA

The Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL) is the leading Austrian centre for cooperative research in the field of plastics engineering and polymer sciences. Together with company and scientific partners (including Montanuniversität Leoben and the Technical University of Graz), around 90 highly-qualified scientists work on R&D projects for innovative plastics solutions in a broad range of applications (from automotive, flight and packaging to solar and photovoltaic applications). As a non-competitive, industrial research company, PCCL contributes to the continuous development and implementation of scientific knowledge in plastics engineering, polymer science and related fields. On a basis of medium-term cooperations the PCCL works closely with well-known Austrian companies (including AT&S, Andritz Hydro, FACC, MAGNA, Semperit and Isovoltaic), as well as with “global players” such as CONTI, DOW and Oerlikon Balzer.

As a so-called K1 centre, the PCCL is part of the COMET program of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG, and is funded by the Austrian Government and by the State Governments of Styria and Upper Austria, making a budget of € 20 million available for research until 2013. Goals of the PCCL are to increase the transfer of knowledge to industry through projects with academic and industry partners, to continually develop and increase research expertise in the center and to increase the competitiveness of its partners.

In the research field “plastics for renewable and sustainable energy technologies”, the PCCL works on the development, modeling, optimization and characterization of polymer structures and functional elements for active and passive solar thermal and solar electrical systems. The main research approach is the establishment of structure-property-performance relationships along the value chain. The major focus of the research is the description of the
• optical characteristics (spectral selective and thermotropic polymer films)
• thermal characteristics (solar absorber and phase change materials)
• electrical characteristics (packaging materials and active layers for photovoltaics)
• thermal und thermo-mechanical characteristics (packaging materials for photovoltaic and solar thermal absorber materials)
of polymer components. Also relevant for the close cooperation of the PCCL with the ECO WORLD STYRIA is the expertise in the field of plastics use for sustainable mobility and energy concepts (e.g. wind power), where innovative lightweight construction with (reinforced) plastics and composites are the focus of attention here. In addition, the PCCL also works on the possibilities for use and processing of plastics from renewable raw materials (e.g. polymers based on lactic acid).

Address:
Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH
Roseggerstrasse 12, A-8700 Leoben
+43 3842/42962-0, office@pccl.at
www.pccl.at

Contact personen:
Martin Payer, CEO
Dr. Gernot Oreski, Project manager

KWB stands for “Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse“ (Power and heat from biomass) and the brand is the synonym for innovative biomass heating systems. New innovations are developed daily in the company’s own research centre. These secure KWB’s technology leadership and guarantee the customers a sustainable and worthwhile future with the power of biomass.

Basic data
Company location: St. Margarethen an der Raab
Year established: 1994
Type of activity: Renewable energy from biomass
Staff: 213
Export proportion: 75 %
Export countries: Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland,Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Chile, France

KWB stands for “Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse“ (Power and heat from biomass) and is the synonym for innovative biomass heating systems. The brand from Styria (Austria) originates from the pioneering spirit of the researcher August Raggam and the passionate bio-farmer Erwin Stubenschrott. Together, they always pursued a clear vision as champions of renewable energy: We deliver energy for life!

With this promise, we give our customer the certainty that biomass heating from KWB is a visible sign of responsible use of resources and the protection of life for future generations on our planet.

The power of innovation
We have been producing innovative premium heating solutions since 1994. As a brand manufacturer, we have repeatedly confirmed our continuous further development ever since. From the first chip boiler with fully automatic heat exchanger cleaning, to the development of underfire air combustion for pellet heating systems, and then to the establishment of the first and now the largest private research and development centre for biomass in Europe.

Putting people first
More than 60,000 customers have already put their trust in us and chosen the KWB brand. Because business is there for the people and not the reverse. An attitude of partnership and respect is therefore a hallmark of our corporate culture. Because we are convinced that the careful treatment of people and nature is the most important investment in our future. KWB guarantees it with its trademark: the KWB tree of life in the colours of the yellow of the sun and the green of the forest.

Address:
KWB Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH
Industriestrasse 235, A-8321 St. Margarethen/Raab
+43 3115/6116,
office@kwb.at
www.kwb.at

Contact persons:
Erwin Stubenschrott and Stephan Jantscher CEOs

Curiosity is a core trait of Komptech, and asking the rightquestions is a major part of it. Put another way, we question everything. Because holding on to the past only slows down innovation.

Basic data
Company location: Frohnleiten
Year established: 1992
Type of activity: Manufacturer of machines and plants for waste treatment and biomass processing
Staff: 540 worldwide
Export proportion: > 95 %
Export countries: Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia

Komptech is a leading international technology supplier of machinery and systems for the mechanical and mechanical-biological treatment of solid waste and for the treatment of biomass as a renewable energy source. The product range includes over 30 different types of machines, that cover all key process steps in modern waste handling - shredding, separation, and biological treatment.

By combining the right products from our own portfolio with proven components by other leading manufacturers, we can deliver solutions to address complex challenges.

Always in focus
The focus is always on innovative technology and solutions that ensure the maximum customer benefit.

Komptech in overview
• Turnover in 2011: 111 million euros
• R&D ratio: 7 %
• 2,475 customers in 53 countries across the world
• Machines delivered: 3,124

Fields
• Mechanical and mechanical-biological processing of household and commercial waste
•Treatment of woody biomass for use as a renewable fuel

Technologies
• Shredding technology
• Screening and separating technology
• Composting technology

Address:
Komptech GmbH
Kühau 37, A-8130 Frohnleiten
+43 3126 505 -0, info@komptech.com
www.komptech.com

Contact person:
Josef Imp, CEO (Sales)

“A closed value creation chain centred on wood – in the smallest possible space.” To make this vision a reality, the HIZ offers not only operating premises for start-up companies but also excellently-equipped offices and seminar rooms and the prototype workshops in the Engineering Center Wood (ECW).

Basic data
Company location: Zeltweg
Year established: 2001
Type of activity: Provision of operational and event space, preparing and supporting events, driving innovation with companies through the ECW
Staff: ~ 250
Export countries: Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, Southern Europe

Every region lives from successful businesses, which on the one hand provide jobs and on the other hand contribute to the financial strength of the local authority and thereby to the quality of life of local residents. But a single local authority usually only has a limited amount of free operating space. The space-intensive wood industry in particular has few open spaces with first-class infrastructure. In order to attract these businesses to the region and to keep wood-processing firms in the region, a project unique in the whole of Austria has been created jointly by ten municipalities: Zeltweg, Judenburg, Amering, Eppenstein, Obdach, Weißkirchen, St. Wolfgang, Reisstrasse, Maria Buch-Feistritz and St. Anna a. Lavantegg together with further partners. The project is the Holzinnovationszentrum Zeltweg (Wood Innovation Centre, Zeltweg), known as the HIZ.

Our philosophy
At the HIZ, we draw on the strengths of the region and use innovation, support and networking to keep and strengthen the value creation of the wood industry and build on it for the future!

Our goals
The objective of the Holzinnovationszentrum is to offer operating and office space, with any necessary infrastructure for modern production, new wood applications and high-tech research and development efforts, all at a fair price-benefit ratio. The establishment of new businesses is also supported with extensive management of setup and cluster facilities. The Holzinnovationszentrum Zeltweg thus offers a professional basis for cooperation relating to woodworking and wood processing. The aim is to encourage these synergies and jointly exploit the enormous market opportunities that wood offers as a raw material.

Space for innovation
Good new ideas create new markets, new customers and thereby new sources of income. However, new ideas in the wood sector are mostly associated with an intensive phase of testing, prototyping and then the path from small-scale production to standardised serial production. With this in mind, a professionally-equipped prototype workshop – the Engineering Centre Wood (ECW) – was established in Zeltweg. Supplementing this infrastructure provided by the HIZ, the Styrian wood cluster offers the innovation sector an extensive range of services, from market research to feasibility studies, profitability assessments, technical know-how, management of support and professional marketing of the new product.

Address:
Holzinnovationszentrum GmbH
Holzinnovationszentrum 1a, A-8740 Zeltweg
+43 3577/22 225-0, office@hiz.at
www.hiz.at

Contact person:
Barbara Reichhold

Fibag is a think tank, an ideas incubator and a test centre for building technologies with a focus on building facade design. The concept “integral construction” was introduced by fibag as a research centre and dominates its thinking. Technologies from different disciplines are brought together – since “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”.

Basic data
Company location: Stallhofen
Year established: 2006
Type of activity: Integral construction
Staff: 20
Export proportion: 30 %
Export countries: Europe

The Hans Höllwart – Forschungszentrum für Integrales Bauwesen AG (FIBAG – the Research Centre for Integral Construction Engineering) has been operating since 2008 as a privately-led research centre in a new scientific/business environment that it initiated itself: “integral construction”. By integral is meant the merging of technologies and know-how about synergistic technical solutions for applications in and around buildings.

The FIBAG has over 1,000 m2 of barrier-free space for the testing of individual facades that can be assembled and disassembled, as well as a testing centre to test large facade systems measuring up to 8 x 12 metres. The FIBAG testing stand offers test conditions with 1:1 realistic conditions (density, precipitation, wind turbine, smoke, sound). The FIBAG leads the consortium in the COMET-K programme of competence centres for “multifunctional plug & play facades“ (MPFF) and is involved in several national and international research projects.

The FIBAG undertakes research contracts, supporting established enterprises in developing sustainable solutions, offering both technological/aesthetic as well as ecological/economic advantages. The FIBAG uses its internal research activities to generate know-how, utility models, products and processes, which are registered as patents.

The FIBAG testing centre, with its three main components of testing stand, mobile test units and aggregate tests, offers the infrastructure needed to test and certify large facade systems, windows and doors according to the latest state of technology. Using internal FIBAG research projects, tests from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering are also carried out, with expert partners. The advantage: a facade can be assembled and tested with all installations (lights, ventilation, controls) fitted under 1:1 realistic conditions. Both technical architectural improvements and optimisation of energy efficiency can be implemented, developing a perfect product – long before the production and assembly actually begin.

Address:
fibag - HANS HÖLLWART - Forschungszentrum für integrales Bauwesen AG
Innovationspark 1, A-8152 Stallhofen
+43 3142/212 44-0, office@fibag.at
www.fibag.at

Contact person:
Dr. Mario J. Müller, Managing board

ENERGIE STEIERMARK is specialized on the business areas electricity, natural gas, district heating, emission trading and energy-services. It is the fourth largest energy company in Austria and satisfies 600.000 customers every year.

Basic data
Company location: Graz
Year of establishment: 1996
Type of activity: Energy Company with core business areas electricity, natural gas, district heating and emission trading
Staff: about 1.600
Participations: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia

The major shareholder is the province of Styria with a percentage of 75%, in addition the French energy company Electricité de France owns 25%. ENERGIE STEIERMARK sold in 2012 about 25.000 gigawatt-hours of electricity, 15.600 gigawatt-hours of natural gas and 2.000 gigawatt-hours of district heating. In 2012 the sales revenue was approximately € 1,972.6 million.

ENERGIE STEIERMARK is reshaping from an energy supplier into a modern energy service provider. This new positioning means breaking with the familiar traditions of the industry. It includes new structures, a new pace, new under-standing and a clear focus on a new type of customers.

Electro-Mobility is an important business. The objective is to establish competencies within ENERGIE STEIERMARK and to develop new products and business models. The long term perspective is to develop new sales and earning sources. As the establishment of an e-charging station infrastructure has started, the launch of electro-mobility should accelerate.

Smart Metering
The objective is to keep customers informed about their current energy consumptions so that they are able to reduce it. ENERGIE STEIERMARK started a field trial in 2009. In 2012 the field trial was expanded by further innovative features. The additional capture of complete photovoltaic power generation now allows test customers to create a comprehensive energy balance on the online portal.

Projects for Renewable Energies
However, the green strategy of ENERGIE STEIERMARK is for example illustrated in the hydroelectric power station in Gössendorf which generates an annual yield of approximately 90 gigawatt-hours of electricity straight away and therefore has a capacity to supply around 23,000 households with green energy. The new biomass plant in Czech Republic (Jilhava) is another example. Since 2012, this plant has made a considerable contribution to lower CO2 emissions in our eastern neighboring countries. We also maintain our strict “no” policy to nuclear energy. ENERGIE STEIERMARK has also been a complete service provider for customers in the field of photovoltaics since 2011. In addition to a comprehensive consulting in terms of the optimal focus and dimensioning and with private consumption as the priority, ENERGIE STEIERMARK also offers the highest feed-in tariff in Austria. As regards to wind power projects, the construction works in Freiländeralm in the district of Deutschlandsberg already started in August 2013. Three wind turbines with an output of approximately 13 gigawatt-hours of electricity will be erected. They will have the capacity to supply around 3,500 households with green energy. The start of operation is scheduled for 2014. In the near future, ENERGIE STEIERMARK focuses on civic participation with regard to projects for renewable energies.

Address:
Energie Steiermark AG
Leonhardgürtel 10, A-8010 Graz
+43 316/9000
www.e-steiermark.com

What you can expect from ELIN Motoren:
• High industrial standards based on decades of experience
• Highest quality drive solutions at competitive prices
• Application know-how in the defined market sectors
• The commitment of an innovative company
• Personal customer service at all levels
• After sales services & life cycle support
• We Keep the World in Motion.

Basic data
Company location: Preding/Weiz
Year established: 1892
Type of activity: Development, production, sales and maintenance/repair of electrical motors and generators
Staff: ~ 500
Export proportion: ~ 86 %
Export countries: Europe, North America and Asia

New premises were constructed in Preding/Weiz in 2008 to house one of Europe’s most modern motor and generator manufacturing sites. ELIN Motoren GmbH employs approximately 500 employees, at this site, and serves clients worldwide.

With 120 years of experience in the development and manufacturing of electrical machines, ELIN Motoren GmbH is one of the Austrian industrial firms richest in tradition. The company maintains its lead by systematic further development of the components, continuous extension of the optimised service package and a perfectly tailored “intelligent network” to support its service.

The ELIN Motoren GmbH product range includes:
• Electric high and low voltage motors with a power range between 37 and 30,000 kW
• Asynchronous generators in the power range between 500 und 5,000 kW
• Synchronous generators in the power range between 5,000 und 45,000 kVA
• Support of the machines throughout their entire life cycle, as well as an extensive service programme with central technical processing in Preding/Weiz and international services with local support by certified service partners

The strengths lie in the production of small and medium volumes as well as special manufacturing to meet the needs of customers. Serial production is however also covered by innovative partnerships (e.g. licences, joint ventures, outsourcing ...). The customer is offered all the service advantages of a flexible enterprise.

Motors and generators from ELIN Motoren GmbH are used across the world particularly in these fields:
• Wind power
• Industrial plant applications
• Power plants
• Decentralised energy systems / small hydro-plants
• Tunnel boring / mining
• Plastics industry
• Gas and petroleum

Address:
ELIN Motoren GmbH
Elin-Motoren-Strasse 1, A-8160 Preding/Weiz
+43 3172/90 606-2966
contact@elinmotoren.at
www.elinmotoren.at

Contact person:
Silvia Hirz, Head of Marketing and Communications

BIOENERGY 2020+ brings together five leading scientific centres which aim to achieve ground-breaking research results by applied research across different sites. Bundling the resources into one competence centre, linked by network and across locations, results in application-oriented findings in the area of bioenergy.

Basic data
Company location: Graz
Year established: 2008
Type of activity: Research in the biomass field
Staff: 90
Export proportion: 10 %
Export countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, England, Norway, Denmark, India, Sweden, Belgium, Slovakia

BIOENERGY 2020+ is the Austrian competence centre that deals in particular with questions relating to the use of biomass for energy. The central competences of the Institute are research and development, together with demonstrations.

This is a combination of five scientific sites which as a cross-site competence centre are driving forward application-oriented research as defined in the COMET programme of the Austrian Federal Government.

The scientific objectives of BIOENERGY 2020+ are designed to reflect the current expectations of EU and national energy policy – through sustainable improvement of current technology and, perhaps even more importantly, through the development of new, innovative technologies.

Each of these scientific institutions has years or even decades of expertise in research – each in their own field. Between them they bring together the Austrian research expertise in the fields of:
• Biomass combustion (in small, medium and large plants)
• Thermal gasification of biomass
• Biogas
• Biofuels – conventional and innovative
• Biofuel logistics
• Processing waste for use as energy
• Modelling and CFD simulations

The headquarters of BIOENERGY 2020+ is in Graz. Further locations are Wieselburg and Güssing, as well as research centres in Pinkafeld and Tulln. This ensures an optimal use of previously existing infrastructure and contacts to industry.

BIOENERGY 2020+ is:
• the Austrian platform for research and development in the field of bioenergy.
• the expert partner for special technology transfer activities and international innovation programmes.

Address:
BIOENERGY 2020+ GmbH
Inffeldgasse 21b, A-8010 Graz
+43 316/873 9201
office@bioenergy2020.eu
www.bioenergy2020.eu

Contact person:
DI Dr. Thomas Klein, CEO

Binder+Co sets the standard on six continents in the fields of processing, environmental and packaging technology. With its innovative products, Binder+Co makes a valuable contribution to the efficient use of limited resources.

Basic data
Company location: Gleisdorf
Year established: 1894
Type of activity: Engineering for the processing of primary and secondary materials
Staff: 311
Export proportion: ~ 90 %
Export countries: Worldwide

Binder+Co is an internationally successful specialist in machinery and complete systems for screening, drying, sorting, wet-processing as well as packaging and palletising bulk materials of all kinds. The company, which is based in Gleisdorf, Styria, is a global market leader in the fields of screening technology and glass recycling. Their machinery is employed to process bulk materials such as coal, ores, industrial materials, waste glass, recovered paper, plastics waste, products from the chemical and petrochemical industries, artificial fertilisers, salt, sand, mortar and foodstuffs and animal feeds.

Binder+Co creates and increases value: Technology from Binder+Co creates the optimum conditions for the sustainable protection and development of valuable resources. It creates value by processing secondary raw materials, such as waste glass, by sorting it and thus making it recyclable. And it increases value by developing primary raw materials efficiently, such as coal, ores, sand and mineral raw materials, by wet-processing, screening or drying.

Binder+Co sets standards: Binder+Co counts among the world’s top three in the product segments in which it is active.

Binder+Co has committed staff: The success of the enterprise is rooted in the productive and highly-motivated workforce.

To consolidate its technology leadership and to assure and expand the technical respond to new market demands, Binder+Co relies on continual innovation and product (further) development. In this regard Binder+Co is in close contact with universities and specialised technical research institutes. These research co-operations are crucial for the sustainable success of Binder+Co since they enable the results of basic research to be directly implemented in applicable machinery. In 2009, Binder+Co was awarded the Austrian State Prize for its pioneering development in the sorting of heat-resistant special glass.

Address:
Binder+Co AG
Grazer Strasse 19-25, A-8200 Gleisdorf
www.binder-co.com

Contact person:
Almuth Schnehen
+43 3112/800-229, almuth.schnehen@binder-co.at

There is already a BDI plant on nearly every continent, using high-tech processing technology to convert waste and residuals into high-value products such as BioDiesel and BioGas. The high quality of plant engineering is supported by the intensive in-house research and development, guaranteeing leading Styrian technology along the entire value creation chain of the installations.

Basic data
Company location: Grambach
Year established: 1996
Type of activity: Plant engineering in the “waste to energy” field
Staff: 140
Export proportion: 98 %
Export countries: Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia

Leader in the “Waste to Energy” field
BDI – BioEnergy International AG has specialised in the development of technologies that minimise the waste of resources in the industrial processing of by- and waste products, ever since it was established in 1996. Again and again, it has taken a pioneering role. BDI carries out research on the development of innovative processes for the optimal use of new raw materials at its own large laboratories and owns an extensive patent portfolio resulting from its in-house research and development activities.

Market and technology leader
BDI is the market and technology leader in the construction of customised turnkey BioDiesel plants using the Multi-Feedstock process the company has developed itself. With this innovative technology, BDI enables customers to produce BioDiesel from different raw materials such as vegetable oils, used cooking oils and animal fats – with a yield of up to 100 %, surpassing the most demanding quality standards and achieving an optimal cost-benefit ratio.

From waste to bioenergy
In addition to BioDiesel plants, BDI, as a leading constructor of special plants, also supplies efficient plant concepts in the „Waste to Energy“ field. The patented enbasys BioGas technology is particularly suitable for the bioenergetic recycling of difficult industrial and municipal residual and waste products that are available as a raw material throughout the year, independently of seasonal factors. Due to this innovative installation technology and its extremely efficient components, the dimensions of the installation can be kept small, making the generation of energy particularly profitable. omega3+ is a comprehensive plant concept to obtain high-quality omega-3 fatty acids and valuable biofuel from fish oil, developed in partnership with BDI’s German subsidiary UIC.

Comprehensive provision of high-quality plant engineering
The BDI service range covers the entire value creation chain of a high-quality plant engineering business. The in-house research and development department develops the technologies for the future. BDI takes on the entire design and construction. And even after operation has started, BDI also offers long-term after-sale service for its customers. More than 30 BioDiesel and 4 BioGas plants across the world are the best proof of the many years of experience and expertise offered by BDI, as a comprehensive supplier of plant engineering.

Address:
BDI – BioEnergy International AG
Parkring 18, A-8074 Grambach/Graz
www.bdi-bioenergy.com

Contact person:
Dr. Hermann Stockinger, Sales Director

High pressure force combined with innovative technology characterises the high-performance metal recycling technology marketed by ATM Recyclingsystems across the globe. This unique combination makes it possible to achieve the best recycling results from the processing of residual material flows containing metal.

Basic data
Company location: Fohnsdorf
Year established: 2002
Type of activity: Metal recycling
Staff: 60
Export proportion: 90 %
Export countries: Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Russia, Asia, Africa

Metalrecycling is not just metal recycling
ATM stands for Arnold Technology for Metalrecycling – based on more than 80 years of experience and, we are a leading company of the ASCO Group International (www.asco-group.at). Our company engineers, plans, produces and services metal-recycling systems for the treatment of secondary raw materials. Based on our worldwide tried and tested Arnold technology, we have specialised in metal recycling, with the motto: one company, one team, one speciality – high-performance metal-recycling technology.

Over 80 years of experience with metals and over 1,000 machines and installations in over 90 countries tell a compelling story. Our solutions are especially tailored to your requirements and tasks for waste disposal operations, recycling companies and metalworking firms. Use our expertise and our experience too!

Products
• Briquetting presses
• Baling presses
• Scrap shears
• Cast iron and rail breakers
• Total processing systems (crushing, classifying, sorting)

Quality and innovation
Our objective is to develop robust technology for metal recycling for all applications. In our testing and innovation centre, our products are constantly developed further. All products are tested, developed and continually improved in consultation with our customers and using customer-specific materials.

Reliable ATM
Our staff are available for you almost around the clock. The flexible and experienced ATM customer service combined with the extensive spare parts supply are typical of the customer-oriented approach of all ATM staff. We meet the tasks and requirements from customers with our team of motivated, qualified and responsible staff, who are glad to accept your tasks and meet the challenges. This is also shown by the satisfaction of our customers! Worldwide!

Address:
ATM Recyclingsystems GmbH
Josef-Ressel-Gasse 8
A-8753 Fohnsdorf
+43 3573/27 5 27-0
office@atm-recyclingsystems.com
www.atm-recyclingsystems.com

Contact person:
Franz Duspiva and Andreas Schmid

The 1st international energy showcase street offers the opportunity to experience and understand the renewable energy sector. Come with us to visit over 120 plant operators and energy showcase site in the East Styria region. The Energie Schau-Strasse team will organise your excursion according to your interests.

Companies involved
Cooperative project by 13 energy recovery operators

Technical data
Project location: 120 locations in East Styria
Launch: 2000

Example of a technical tour

Energiekreislauf (energy cycle) Fürstenfeld. The thermal energy capital of Fürstenfeld operates a modern biomass heating plant and a biogas plant, which between them cover 2/3 of the city’s energy needs, as well as the waste management centre of Fürstenfeld with a recycling rate of 91%.

Renewable Mureck Energy Cycle. This comprises a biodiesel plant (converting rape and used cooking oil), a biomass heating plant, a biogas ecological electricity plant, waste heat use of local heating supply and a 2,000 kWp public PV system.

Energieregion (energy region) Weiz. It combines a biogas conversion plant for sewage sludge, an 87kWp photovoltaic installation, building heating and cooling by purified waste water, two biomass heating plants with trial combustion of short-rotation wood, environmentally-friendly mobility by cycle paths and pedestrian streets.

Solar heating and cooling in the office block of Feistritzwerke Steweag GmbH. A 64 square metre solar plant supplies an absorption refrigerator with energy. This cools (or heats) a cooling ceiling. A plant oil block heating plant provides backup.

Renewable energy cycle at Markt Hartmannsdorf. This includes a biomass heating plant, a large-scale solar plant and a PV plant. The Markt Hartmannsdorf municipality developed among other things a handbook for municipalities for optimisation and monitoring of street lighting. They maintain a system of municipal energy bookkeeping.

Solar beer brewery. The Neuwirth family makes 5 types of beer with the help of a newly-developed flat-bed collector and 850 litres of buffer storage, which collects the necessary ~100°C from solar energy.

Solare Biowärme (solar bioheating) Gleisdorf. It offers residents and businesses a comprehensive service with biomass heating plants, thermal solar plants and PV installations.

The Sommeralm (summer pastures) Windrad. It is the site of one of the highest wind power locations in Europe. The massive wind power installation delivers approx. 750 kilowatt hours to the network and is a favoured visiting spot in the hikers‘ paradise of Teichalm-Sommeralm.

Address:
Energie-Schau-Strasse
Steinberg 132, A-8151 Hitzendorf
+43 316/58 79 86, office@energieschaustrasse.at

Contact person:
Birgit Birnstingl-Gottinger

The building of the “Water Competence Centre” is heated by the large-area thermal solar plant of the S.O.L.I.D. company. In addition, this unique installation contributes to supplying the Styrian state capital Graz with heat over the local district heating network.

Companies involved
solar.nahwärme.at, S.O.L.I.D.

Project data
Project location: Graz
Year of construction: 2009
Collector surface area: 3,855 m²

Starting position
As part of the development of the “Water Competence Centre”, a joint project of the city of Graz and Graz AG completed in summer 2010, a solar plant was built on the site of the Andritz waterworks in June 2009, to feed into the Graz district heating network and provide heating support for the nearby office buildings. The plant was constructed by S.O.L.I.D. GmbH as a turnkey project and is owned by solar.nahwärme.at, which sells solar energy to customers at the site (the waterworks) and the Graz district heating network.

Key data of the solar plant
• Collector surface area: 3,855 m²
• Annual solar yield: approx. 1,735 MWh/year
· of which direct supply to buildings approx. 400 MWh/year
· of which fed into the district network: approx. 1,335 MWh/year
• Annual CO2 saving (compared to district heating): 170 tons/year
• Investment cost: 1.6 million EUR

The solar energy obtained in the collector field is transported by underground pipes to the technical centre. This contains all the necessary components, such as pumping groups, heat exchangers, isolating valves and distribution and safety valves.

Local heat usage
If heat is needed in the local buildings, the 65 m³ buffer storage is loaded from the solar plant and used to supply the local customers. If no solar energy is available due to the time of day or the weather, the buffer storage can also be loaded from the district heating. The buffer storage thereby acts to balance the load and reduce extreme loads.

District heating feed-in
If no heat is currently needed in the local buildings, the solar energy is transferred directly from the primary solar circuit across a heat exchanger to the secondary circuit (= the district heating circuit of the Graz network).

Monitoring
Like all S.O.L.I.D. major plants, the plant at the Andritz waterworks is connected to a remote monitoring system, enabling the S.O.L.I.D. technicians to monitor the installation at any time through an internet connection and to intervene if necessary.

Address:
S.O.L.I.D. GmbH
Puchstrasse 85, A-8020 Graz
+43 316/29 28 40, office@solid.at
www.solid.at

Contact person:
Harald Blazek, Head of Project Development
h.blazek@solid.at

ANDRITZ HYDRO is a global supplier of electro-mechanical systems and services (“water to wire“) for hydropower plants and – with more than 170 years of experience – one of the leaders in the world market for hydraulic power generation.

Basic data
Company location: Weiz
Year established: 1892 (Franz Pichler Werke)
Type of activity: Hydro power, energy generation
Staff: 1,100
Export proportion: 80 %
Export countries: Worldwide

The location in Weiz is the worldwide research and competence centre for ANDRITZ HYDRO hydraulic power and turbo generators. In addition to the further development of our generator technology, the vertical and horizontal hydro generators, pipe generators, generators/engines for pumped storage power stations, turbo generators (air-cooled turbo generators for General electric) are constructed for the hydraulic power projects of ANDRITZ HYDRO across the world.

The manufacturing process includes the production of the core mechanical components, all electrical active components and the full assembly of the generators, as well as the associated electrical tests. Project managers, engineers and fitters from Weiz also manage the installation and commissioning of generators worldwide. The department for modernisation and renovation, which is also located in Weiz, is responsible for the optimisation of existing installations and the maintenance of hydraulic power generators.

The origin of ANDRITZ HYDRO in Weiz is the original Frank Pichler works (founded in 1892), from which the Elin company later evolved. In 2000, SULZER HYDRO, VA TECH VOEST MCE and VA TECH ELIN merged to form VA TECH HYDRO GmbH, which in 2009 was integrated into the international ANDRITZ GROUP and renamed ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH.

As a part of ANDRITZ HYDRO, the Weiz location has continued to expand since the takeover and the number of staff has continued to increase. In addition, apprentices are trained in our workshops to become mechanical technicians,electronic machine technicians, metal engineering technicians, machine tool technicians and metal cutting technicians.

There are further branches of ANDRITZ HYDRO Austria in Vienna (headquarters) and Linz.

Address:
ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH
Dr.-Karl-Widdmann-Strasse 5, A-8160 Weiz
+ 43 3172/606 2212
contact-hydro@andritz.com

ANDRITZ Energy & Environment – AE&E – is part of the international technology group ANDRITZ and offers proven quality and know-how as a leading supplier of steam generators and flue gas cleaning systems, in the execution of large projects and in service and modernization projects for more than 150 years.

Basic data
Company location: Raaba/Graz
Type of activity: Energy generation and environmental technology, service and modernization
Staff: ~ 330
Export proportion: 95 %
Export countries: Worldwide

ANDRITZ Energy & Environment offers innovative solutions in the field of power generation and environmental technologies. The supplier of steam generators, air pollution control plants and services guarantees well-tested quality and high energy efficiency in its plants and systems.

At the beginning of 2011, ANDRITZ acquired some assets of the former AE&E Austria GmbH & Co KG. Today the company operates under the name ANDRITZ Energy & Environment.

ANDRITZ Energy & Environment (AE&E) designs, manufactures, and modernizes steam generators and air pollution control systems. The company has more than 150 years’ experience, international know-how and the highest levels of technological competence.

Air pollution control plants
The Air Pollution Control department of ANDRITZ Energy & Environment encompasses a wide range of emission control technologies for power stations, biomass plants, Energy-from-Waste plants, and other industrial applications. The product portfolio includes wet and dry flue gas cleaning plants, DeNOx/SCR plants, and combined flue gas cleaning technologies.

Steam generators
The product range covers fluidized bed boilers (PowerFluid circulating fluidized bed boilers and EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed boilers) to generate energy from coal, biomass, and other biogenic residues and waste. Liquor recovery boilers include SulfitePower and SodEx (soda liquors) for the pulp industry. PowerBlast boilers are specifically designed for the steel industry.

Service
Engineered services of ANDRITZ Energy & Environment’s products include more than traditional services such as technical support, troubleshooting, and replacement parts. We accompany the plant throughout the entire life cycle. We also offer a wide range of services to support customers during inspections and repairs, to help reduce operating costs and increase the lifecycle performance of their equipment.

Address:
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment GmbH
Waagner Biro Platz 1, A-8074 Raaba
www.andritz.com

Contact person:
Dr. Martin Pogoreutz

As one of the leading institutes in Europe in R&D for renewable energy, AEE Intec has already been achieving ground-breaking research results for 20 years in the fields of solar thermal energy, low-energy and zero energy buildings. In addition, the key future topic of energy efficiency in industry is researched and developed.

Basic data
Company location: Gleisdorf
Year established: 1988
Type of activity: Applied research, planning and training
Staff: 35
Export proportion: 30 %
Export countries: EU countries, South Africa, Saudi Arabia

As a non-university research establishment, AEE INTEC works with:

Solar components and systems
The “Solar components and systems” research group works in cooperation with partners in industry and other research establishments to improve and develop new components and system solutions.

Current key activities are:
• Development of collectors, storage and further system components
• Integration of new materials (e.g. polymers) with a view to cost reduction and increase in efficiency
• Development of system solutions for large solar installations linked to heating networks, industrial processes and refrigerators powered by thermal energy
• Knowledge transfer and standardisation

Reference project: System concept and collector field hydraulics for the “Princess Noura University” solar installation, covering 36,000 m² (25 MWh) and currently the largest in the world.

Sustainable buildings
The main focuses of our research work are product and system development and the planning of energy concepts, especially for renovation projects. A priority is the further development of passive house technologies, leading to positive energy balances, for large residential and administration buildings. A holistic planning approach is particularly important with a view to guaranteeing quality. This approach requires assessment of all energy-relevant areas and the behaviour of the building (comfort) at peaks of temperature (winter/summer). Another focus of work is the monitoring of buildings.

Reference project: Renovation of a large residential building with prefabricated elements to result in a building with a positive energy balance.

Industrial processes and energy systems (IPE)
The focuses of the IPE research groups are on reducing overall energy consumption as well as emissions of greenhouse gases in manufacturing industry. This is done through technological and systemic approaches (heat integration). Solutions offered for factories include energy efficiency and storage concepts for industrial processes, the introduction of solar heat processes, the integration of renewable forms of energy and the optimisation and intensification of processes with the objective of reducing material and energy costs.

Reference projects: Food industry (green brewery concept, meat processing, dairies), metal-working factories

Address:
AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC)
Feldgasse 19, A-8200 Gleisdorf
+43 3112/58 86, office@aee.at, www.aee-intec.at

Contact person:
Ewald Selvicka, CEO