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Profile: Advanced Bioenergy Lab eGen was founded in May 2024 as a research and technology transfer facility. In 2026, ABL will establish a real-world laboratory for the production of high-quality FT fuels (wood diesel) from biogenic residual materials with an input fuel power of 4 MW. After commissioning in 2028, further synthesis gas processes will be developed and demonstrated, such as biomethane, hydrogen or hythane production.

The medium-term goal is to build numerous 30 to 50 MW wood diesel plants throughout Austria. To this end, partners from three areas have been included into the cooperative and its projects:

1. Area Primary production: Leading forest owners and agricultural partners are involved as cooperative members in order to leverage the significant potential of additional biomass and biogenic residues. This will increase the share of the Austrian primary energy mix by 200 PJ, i.e. the share of renewable energy will rise from the current 35% to over 50%.
2. Area Science: Over the last 30 years, research institutions such as BEST, GET, TU Vienna, BOKU, Montanuni Leoben, FHWN and AIT have developed the fundamentals that are now being combined and demonstrated through the operation of the real-world laboratory.
3. Area Implementation partners: Numerous industrial companies and energy suppliers are involved in the company in order to build numerous industrial-scale plants in their companies over the next few years.

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Profile: The mobility cluster ACstyria represents a network of over 300 companies in the areas Automotive, Aerospace and Rail Systems – with more than 70,000 employees and total sales of more than 17 billion euros.
The core service of the cluster, which has been in existence since 1995, is the networking and support of Styrian companies along the entire value chain. It sees itself as a link between business, industry, research and public institutions.

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As the Market and Distribution area manager, AGGM plans the gas infrastructure in cooperation with the gas and electricity grid operators using an integrated approach that takes all energy sectors into account. This ensures the availability of the gas infrastructure in line with demand.

In 2020, AGGM started planning the transformation of the methane infrastructure and created a concept for a dedicated hydrogen network. In 2022, AGGM developed the H2 roadmap 1.0 and published it in the long-term and integrated planning and the coordinated network development plan, the official planning instruments for gas network planning. Planning the dedicated hydrogen network is an ongoing task. The updated H2 roadmap 2.0 was published in 2024.

In this project, the hydrogen pipelines are planned at a very detailed distribution level. AGGM is therefore ideally suited to support the distribution network operators in their planning and to incorporate the hydraulic conditions of the higher network levels into the project.
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Profile: Klagenfurt Airport is an international commercial airport in the province of Carinthia, Austria. It provides a connection to the national and international air traffic network. The airport is located approx. 4 km north of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee city centre.
The airport currently employs 110 staff which are largely divided into the areas of flight operations, passenger handling, security and administration.
In addition to focusing on the expansion of flight connections, the airport is also working on a sustainable development concept for the coming years.
The airport can fully contribute its expertise to the project with regard to infrastructural issues and sustainability planning due to the current developments at the airport site.
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Profile: According to its mission, AIT is strategically positioned as a key player in the Austrian and European innovation system by performing applied research for and enabling the market exploitation of innovative infrastructure related solutions. The functionality of “bridging the gap” between research and technology commercialization is a key aspect of developing new technologies and enabling an economic boom. With regard to the Austrian innovation landscape, the AIT fulfils this role by its new orientation, providing a research environment to help key industries facing mid- to long-term challenges.
The Center for Energy of AIT favours a holistic approach towards hydrogen including electricity supply, heating and climate control of industrial sites, and the simulation of integrated energy system including the markets and distribution grids. In this project two competence units are involved that have relevant experience in the areas of this project: Power and Renewable Gas Systems (AIT-PGS) has extensive experience of the modelling of hydrogen systems as well as the development of renewable hydrogen system technologies along the value chain, i.e. renewable energy technologies, electrolysers, converters, storage and transport technologies.
Integrated Energy Systems (AIT-IES) with expertise about integrated electricity market modelling, comprehensive energy system modelling, cost-benefit-analyses, energy economic analyses and business model development.
AIT is an associated partner of the HI2 Valley.
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Profile: Astra Biowärme GmbH operates the biomass heating plant and the local heating network in Rennweg. It is one of 10 plants and local heating networks within the Bioprojekte group in Carinthia.
ASTRA intends to fully decarbonize its heating plant by the so-called project “Effizientes Energiekreislaufsystem”. Full decarbonization includes the CO2-neutral production of the wood chips as well as the transport to the heating plant.
For decarbonization ASTRA has plans to build a new 2 MW hydropower plant on the Lieser river. The hydropower plant is fully planned financed and currently in the authorization process. The plant will deliver the local additional produced electricity for electric wood shredders.
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Profile: AVL is one of the world’s leading mobility technology companies for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry, and beyond. From ideation phase to serial production, the company covers vehicle architectures and platform solutions including the impact of new propulsion systems and energy carriers.
As a global technology provider, AVL’s offerings range from simulation, virtualization and test automation for product development to ADAS/AD and vehicle software. The company combines state-of-the-art and highly scalable IT, software and technology solutions with its application know-how, thereby offering customers extensive tools in areas such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity or Embedded Systems.
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Profile: Bacher Reisen provides tourist travels as well as regional public lines and school busses. It is one out of 5 private bus companies that serve 24 public transport lines in Carinthia.
In 2017, Bacher Reisen won the tender for scheduled services in the Lieser/Malta Valley and set up a mobility office there with 15 employees (Bacher Reisen in total has about 100 employees and operates app. 70 vehicles for passenger transport)
As company that was granted in 2020 with the “Österreichischen Umweltzeichen” Bacher intends to decarbonize it’s fleet and is currently testing EV-Busses and have contributed to the pre-study of the ASTRA H2 project. According to first results they can serve the smaller school buses with EV vehicles.
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Profile: BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH is a K1 Competence Centre in the COMET program. Together with its national and international partners, BEST bundles scientific and industrial excellence to create the critical mass needed to perform successful research and to apply the findings as marketable technologies and services.
As a link between academic research and industrial technology development, BEST’s vision is to develop and demonstrate sustainable and circular biorefinery processes and technologies for producing green gases, green liquid fuels, and green products, all of which will support the transition to a climate-neutral, zero-fossil-carbon economy.
Amongst others, BEST runs the Syngas Platform Vienna, a demo RTD platform including syngas production, syngas cleaning and synthesis processes for different feedstocks, ranging from biomass to residues and even waste. BEST has already operated pilot-scale hydrogen synthesis facilities at the former biomass dual fluidized bed power plant at Güssing and at Oberwart. The aggregated know-how from these activities will be key for planning and deployment of the B2H2 project.
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Profile: Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH is the economic development agency of Upper Austria, known as BIZ-UP, which actively promotes regional innovation through strategic planning, investment initiatives, cluster and network management, and funding support. The Cluster & Cooperation department serves as the focal point for cross-company collaboration in Upper Austria.
Its primary objective is to foster and facilitate partnerships among businesses, research institutions, and intermediaries. Currently, Cluster & Cooperation oversees eight clusters and a software park, two of which have received gold labels for their excellence.
Functioning as an innovation catalyst, BIZ-UP plays a pivotal role in supporting location development and business settlement, fostering cooperation initiatives, and providing advisory services on public funding opportunities. Since 1998, BIZ-UP has been entrusted by the Upper Austrian Government to develop, coordinate, and implement the region’s RIS3 strategy.
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Profile: CThe Donau Chemie Group with about 1100 employees in eleven countries has been a family business for many years and has established itself as a competent partner in the chemical industry for brand owners as well as retailers. More than twelve years ago Donau Chemie Group became a family-owned business, returning to the form it originally had 170 years ago.
It is Donau Chemie’s expectation that they don’t just supply chemical products but provide comprehensive customer-specific solutions. Thus, they use the synergies within their group to provide customers with the key market advantages.
Safety, environment and quality are the three pillars of the company. Donau Chemie meets these requirements by placing responsible actions as the ultimate goal of their business. They don’t just meet legal requirements; they go a step further and strive throughout the entire value chain to maximize environmental protection. They’re certified according to ISO 9001 and Responsible Care.
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Profile: The Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region (ESC-UR) is a non-governmental tripartite institution, which consists of representatives from local governments, trade unions and companies (SMEs and large companies).
It was established in April 2001, and it is connected with seven smaller economic and social councils from different districts in the Ústí Region. ESC-UR currently has 200 members, including individuals and legal entities. The ESC-UR is responsible for negotiations with the government, ministries, central administrative bodies and authorities in the Ústí Region in terms of regional development, promotion of science, research and innovation of the Ústí Region as well as strengthening of social dialogue.
ESC-UR encourages the development of entrepreneurship and innovation, creates conditions for the development of skilled human resources, strengthens the communication and cooperation between the public and private sectors, negotiates legislative measures with benefits to business development and also encourages local stakeholders to implement Corporate Social Responsibility measures. ESC-UR is actively involved in the national RE:START strategy for economic restructuring of Czech coal regions.
ESC-UR is a coordination body of the Hydrogen Platform of the Ústí Region, and it has developed the very first regional hydrogen strategy of the Czech Republic- The Hydrogen Strategy of the Ústí Region. ESC-UR is not performing any economic activity.
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Profile: The company Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH is integrated in the holding Energie AG Oberösterreich providing energy and solutions to its customers. It is a vital partner in the power supply field. As the future energy supply system will have a vital component in hydrogen use and supply, the Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH’s contribution to the project by enabling the hydrogen startnet will be a valuable asset both to the HI2 Valley project and also to future business.
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Profile: Energie Graz is a Styrian energy service provider, headquartered in the Styrian state capital Graz. The company is involved in electricity, natural gas, district heating as well as lighting and energy services. As such, Energie Graz designs and secures a significant part of the infrastructure in Graz.
Energie Graz generates 180 GWh of sustainable district heating per year, supplying 23,000 homes and saving more than 15,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. As a part of the HI2 Valley, Energie Graz supports its ongoing efforts to promote environmentally friendly district heating.
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Profile: Energie Steiermark Wasserstoff GmbH was founded in May 2025 as a subsidiary of Energie Steiermark AG and serves as the central partner for internal and external stakeholders on all matters relating to hydrogen. The main goal of Energie Steiermark Wasserstoff GmbH is developing the hydrogen business segment and meeting the rapidly growing need for green gases, especially hydrogen, in Styrian industry. Its involvement in several projects in the Valley demonstrates the importance of alternative and green energy supply, to which Energie Steiermark Wasserstoff GmbH is clearly committed.
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Profile: Evonik Peroxid GmbH produces hydrogen peroxide in Weißenstein, as the indirect legal successor of the “Österreichischen Chemischen Werke”, whose company history begins in 1908. Currently around 100 employees produce approximately 50,000 tons H2O2 per year. As a feedstock, natural gas is used to produce 4.300 tons H2 via steam methane reforming. From order to shipment all shipments are controlled and managed with the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) by the company.
The legal entity belongs to the specialty chemicals group Evonik and is part of their business line Active Oxygens. This business line focuses on sustainability with the guiding principle “Sustainability is at the core of futurizing our business”. Therefore, a roadmap with different steps has been defined, with the clear goal of zero climate-damaging carbon dioxide emissions by 2040. Hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen once the application has been completed. Therefore, no toxic by-products or co-products that could harm people or the environment are generated.
This unique chemical property makes hydrogen peroxide a sustainable chemical that can replace other, less sustainable chemicals in a range of applications. So, we are interested and support the HycentA research GmbH initiative, so that we receive green hydrogen at our site for the production process, in order to replace the grey produced hydrogen from the steam-methane reform process.
Evonik Peroxid GmbH is an associated partner of the HI2 Valley.
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Profile: Around the world the fischer group is committed to generating the greatest customer benefit through cooperative product development, a high level of innovation and the highest manufacturing quality. This applies on the one hand to the core areas of longitudinally welded tubes made of stainless steel or other high-quality materials as well as components and subassemblies developed from them. On the other hand, this also applies to new applications in the field of developing high power battery storage solutions. Working in partnership with customers, suppliers and service providers, which also includes fair dealings and fair prices, is particularly important to us.
Fischer group has currently more than 2600 employees whereas 92 (2024) of them are working in the fischer Edelstahlrohre Austria GmbH in Griffen. In total 127 mio meters of tubing is produced and thereof 6 mio meters of stainless-steel pipes are produced in Griffen.
As part of the sustainability strategic fischer Edelstahlrohre Austria GmbH has the target to substitute the currently used Grey Hydrogen by Green Hydrogen till 2029 by 100%. Therefore, fischer has already built a 421 kWp PV-plant and is currently extending the company’s own PV plant to 1.3 MW, has secured the electricity grid access and has already evaluated different green hydrogen supply routes.
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Profile: FBK is a multidisciplinary research institution specializing in social sciences, technology, and innovation. With the mission to advance knowledge, it focuses on sciences and technologies with more immediate and significant economic and social implications. Enterprises, collaborative workshops, and spin-offs thrive in the FBK ecosystem, comprising twelve research institutes, seven laboratories, and two libraries.
The Centre on Sustainable Energy (SE) supports the development of devices and methods for generating, storing, and distributing energy solutions with low environmental impact. It is done from the perspective of energy sustainability, systems and solutions that respect the environment and the quality of life, and solutions with a lower impact on health and environmental pollution levels.
Through the Centre for Sustainable Energy, FBK is involved in the hydrogen sector internationally, with its role in the EC Clean Hydrogen Partnership and the Italian Hydrogen Association, among others. FBK has specific expertise in both technology R&D&I in most of the hydrogen value chain and strategic planning and territorial projects in support of hydrogen end-uses and hydrogen valleys development.
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Profile: Green Tech Valley, located in Southern Austria, is a prominent cluster specialized in innovative green technology. This hub is home to over 300 companies and research institutions, focusing on advancing sustainability through technological development. A core aspect of the cluster’s activities revolves around research, where members collaborate on cutting-edge projects in areas such as renewable energy, environmental technology, and resource efficiency. These collaborative efforts are supported by a strong network of universities, tech companies, and research organizations, fostering a dynamic exchange of knowledge and expertise.
Dissemination is a key function of Green Tech Valley. The cluster actively shares its findings and developments through various channels, including workshops, conferences, and publications. This dissemination of knowledge ensures that the advancements made within the cluster benefit a wider audience, including other industries and sectors seeking to implement sustainable practices. By doing so, Green Tech Valley not only enhances its own profile but also plays a vital role in driving the global transition towards greener and more sustainable technologies.
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Profile: HyCentA, Hydrogen Research Centre Austria, founded in 2005, is an independent research centre in Graz, Austria, based at the Graz University of Technology. We are an interdisciplinary dedicated team with more than 90 employees. HyCentA Research GmbH is the only extra-university research institution in Austria exclusively dedicated to research and development on green hydrogen technologies.
They conduct joint projects with leading companies and scientific partners on the production, distribution, storage and application of renewable hydrogen – and thus cover the entire value chain with their unique know-how.
At the beginning of 2023, HyCentA was promoted from a COMET project to a COMET centre in the COMET funding programme of the FFG. The COMET competence centres are financed by the federal government – specifically by the Ministry of Climate Protection (BMK) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (BMAW) – and the federal states of Styria, Upper Austria, Tyrol and Vienna.
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Profile: HyEnergy® is an experienced consultancy specialising in hydrogen and energy communities. Helping to deliver new, clean technical solutions for a sustainable future.
Their goal is to ensure that the systems and technologies gain commercial acceptance by delivering low cost, clean, onsite energy solutions which compete with fossil technologies.
HyEnergy® helped develop and obtain funding for the world’s first hydrogen valley project – HEAVENN – and are participating in the project through their Dutch subsidiary, HyEnergy® TransStore, which is developing the storage and distribution element of the hydrogen value chain. HyEnergy are also playing a significant role in Southern Europe’s first Hydrogen Island-based hydrogen valley – Green Hysland, located on Mallorca.
Within this project, HyEnergy are supporting the deployment of green hydrogen infrastructure and leading the development of businesses models and technology scale-up studies that will help to inform the project’s Hydrogen Roadmap for the Balearic Islands. Alongside these successes, HyEnergy also leads the development, consortium building, and funded proposal preparation for SH2AMROCK, Ireland’s first hydrogen valley, which was awarded funding and formally kicked off in early 2024.
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Profile: InterCal Austria is part of the Wietersdorfer Group and operates a lime production plant in Peggau, Styria. The entire group is striving to decarbonize their business divisions “cement” and “lime” with the introduction of green hydrogen and a stepwise replacement of natural gas.
Together with their group members Salonit, who is already partner in the NAHV (North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley) and Alpacem, who also participates in the HI2 valley, InterCal is intending to path the way for the decarbonization of this hard-to-abate industry.
In recent years, InterCal has taken the first successful steps towards replacing fossil fuels in the PFR kiln. It has succeeded in partially replacing natural gas with solid biogenic fuels. The company’s process engineering department has developed both the human resources and technical expertise to implement these new technologies. This provides an ideal basis for further decarbonisation projects.
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The International Cleantech Network (ICN) is a global alliance of 22 leading cleantech clusters across four continents, specializing in thematic areas such as energy, circular economy, watertech, and beyond.

Works with partners like C40 Cities, ICLEI, and the Solar Impulse Foundation to help cities, regions, and companies tackle pressing environmental challenges.

Acts as an official observer to COP30, bringing the voice of innovation networks into global climate discussions.

Understands and navigates international funding mechanisms to turn climate ambition into real action.

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Profile: K1-MET is one of the leading and internationally renowned metallurgical competence centres for metallurgical and environmental process development situated in Austria. Cooperation is done with renowned national and international partners from the metallurgical and other industrial sectors to cover issues such as energy efficiency, circular economy and climate-neutral metal production. Only through cooperative research in all technical areas, and resource efficiency can product quality be increased so that Europe remains competitive in the long-term.
K1-MET with 90 female and male researchers has a joint innovation program with science and industry for the further development of process leadership with the main focus on optimized usage of energy and resources in iron and steel metallurgy. Build-up of co-operations with other sectors and branches, participation in European projects and integration in international networks such as Processes4Planet and ESTEP is the USP to perform successful research and demonstration projects. Beside the areas of process efficiency/circularity in metallurgy and decarbonisation of the metallurgical industry/sector coupling, the digitalization of energy intensive processes by data analysis and simulation tools is the third pillar for successful research and demonstration projects.
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Profile: KELAG-Kärntner Energie-Aktiengesellschaft is one of Austria’s leading energy service providers with an investment focus on electricity generation in Carinthia. Since 2009, the Group and its subsidiary Kelag International have been investing in the gradual expansion of the company’s own power generation in Southeastern Europe in order to exploit economic potential in neighbouring countries.
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Profile: As a company that has been privately owned for more than 90 years, Knauf recognizes the contribution of previous generations. This self-image has placed them at the forefront of their industry, and Knauf is determined to fulfil the needs of future generations. Based on enduring values and intensive research and development, they are fully committed to developing advanced building materials for the world of tomorrow.
From interior finishing, thermal insulation and designer ceilings to drywall systems and sustainable solutions, their range fulfils even the most complex requirements. The combination of modern production facilities, qualified employees and an unwavering pursuit of excellence will continue to set the pace in the future.
Knauf produces mineral wool at its Ferndorf site and is pursuing the goal of CO2-neutral production. One component of this is the expansion of PV production and another is the use of hydrogen in melting processes. In addition, there is a demand for oxygen, which can be met by on-site or neighboring production of hydrogen and oxygen, resulting in considerable CO2 savings due to the elimination of transport and liquefaction emissions of oxygen.
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Profile: KNG is the Distribution System Operator in the Austrian province Carinthia (except of the city of Klagenfurt) for electricity and gas. KNG is actively expanding the electricity grid and substations in order to cope with the expansion of the ongoing energy transition and electrification of industrial processes.
As Carinthia has a long tradition of chemical and refractory industry, the gas grid is an essential part of the economy for supplying steam reformers (approx. 4650 tH2/year) and high-temperature processes. In coordination with the PCI SoutH2 corridor (TAG pipeline through Carinthia), KNG is facing the challenge of making their distribution grid suitable for hydrogen. For the gas infrastructure, the ecosystem approach of Hydrogen Valley, which includes the main consumers as well as the producers and KNG as the distribution system operator, is the best platform to synchronize the transition from a fossil to a green industry.
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Profile: LINZ AG and its subsidiary LINZ STROM GAS WÄRME GmbH are key players in the energy sector of the highly industrialized region of Central Upper Austria. With extensive expertise in energy supply, operation of complex infrastructures like the Linz-Asten wastewater treatment plant, and commitment to hydrogen sector initiatives, they are ideally positioned for participation in the HI2 Valley project.
Having engaged in hydrogen projects like EUH2STARS, LINZ STROM GAS WÄRME GmbH brings valuable experience in developing and implementing hydrogen technologies. Its activities span the entire hydrogen value chain, from production to utilization, including the conversion of CHP plants to hydrogen.
LINZ STROM GAS WÄRME GmbH reaffirms its support for HI2 Valley particularly with the “H2-Park Asten” project. Through direct involvement and financial backing, LINZ STROM GAS WÄRME GmbH underscores its role as a pioneer in integrating hydrogen technologies into the regional energy infrastructure. This aligns with the Austrian hydrogen strategy and EU climate goals, aiming to strengthen the regional economy and contribute to the energy transition in Austria and Europe.
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Profile: Mattersdorfer Handels- und Transport GmbH is a Carinthian company that operates in the national and international transport industry. Founded by Albin Mattersdorfer in 1957, the family business can look back on a long and successful company history.
Today, 52 state-of-the-art lorry combinations are on the road throughout Europe. These include crane lorries, lorries with tarpaulin trailers, open semi-trailers, silo semi-trailers and tipper vehicles.
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Profile: Medgreen Cluster is composed of 16 companies, universities and other institutions from Romania. The purpose of the Cluster is to facilitate and promote cooperation between enterprises, businessmen, research and educational institutions, as well as other organizations to contribute or support innovative activities for the achievement of competitive products and services nationally and internationally.
In 2022 during the Expo2020 Dubai, MEDGreen Innovation Cluster organized the International Conference on Strengthening the Resilience of the Regions by Decarbonization through Technologies based on Hydrogen, involving the partners from the EU Regions.
Since 2023, the cluster is participating as partner in the implementation process of the Hy2Market project. The aim of MEDGreen in this project is to develop a local value chain of hydrogen-based applications in different fields as mobility and waste processing.
The MEDGreen vision is to support the actors from public and private institutions located in the South-East region of Romania for developing coordinated actions in the promotion of hydrogen energy technologies.
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Profile: Over the past decade, Pro Danube has played a pivotal role in advancing the inland waterway transport sector (IWT) in the Danube Region and well beyond. Through its active engagement in transnational projects, policy advocacy, and collaborative initiatives, Pro Danube has emerged as a driving force for the improvement of efficiency, economic viability, and overall sustainability of IWT.
Pro Danube’s involvement in EU-funded projects such as DANTE, DAPhNE, GRENDEL, DIONYSUS, the Green Inland Ports Study and MultiRELOAD – just to name a few, showcases its commitment to addressing critical issues within the IWT sector. These projects have focused on reducing administrative barriers, promoting port development and modernising fleets, contributing significantly to the growth of IWT.
As a driving force in the development of the Danube waterway as an integral part of a competitive logistics system, Pro Danube actively contributes to the political debate on transport policy, technology, and regional development.
Pro Danube’s commitment to promoting better infrastructure and services aligns with its goal of intensifying the environmental-friendly use of the Danube waterway. Pro Danube serves as a competent partner for public authorities and administrations, supporting the definition and implementation of policy actions that enhance the overall sustainability and innovation in the Danube logistics sector.
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Profile: RAG Austria AG is Austria’s largest energy storage company, and one of Europe’s leading gas storage facility operators.
The company has gas storage capacity of about 6.3bn cubic metres (cu m) of natural gas, or about 6% of total capacity in the EU. A large part of RAG’s gas fields has already been converted into storage facilities, which can rapidly discharge stored energy in large quantities on-demand. In this way RAG is delivering on its vision of “sustainable energy mining”, and decisively reinforcing security of supply in Austria and Europe.
RAG has a long track record of close involvement with new technologies that will make it possible to store and utilise large volumes of renewable energy efficiently. Since 2013 RAG has been working on cutting edge projects aimed at seasonal storage of hydrogen and the development of green gas technologies. RAG has taken a worldwide recognised lead in implementing hydrogen storage in depleted natural gas reservoirs.
RAG has experienced staff in developing, designing, constructing, commissioning, marketing and operating underground gas storage facilities.
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Profile: RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes exceeding 1,200°C in a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, non-ferrous metals and glass. With a vertically integrated value chain, from raw materials to refractory products and full performance-based solutions, RHI Magnesita serves customers around the world, with around 16,000 employees in 47 main production sites, 8 recycling facilities and more than 70 sales offices.
RHI Magnesita intends to leverage its leadership in terms of revenue, scale, product portfolio and diversified geographic presence to target strategically those countries and regions benefitting from more dynamic economic growth prospects. Four production sites are located in Austria. Three of them Breitenau, Veitsch and Radenthein are in the area of the HI2 Hydrogen Valley.
At the Austrian plant Veitsch and the German plant Marktredwitz RHI Magnesita are investigating and developing ways to incorporate hydrogen into their processes to reduce the CO2 emissions of our plants. With these activities in plant Radenthein, which aim for an industrial-scale implementation of hydrogen-based processes, they will join the HI2 Valley project and cooperate with the energy and gas grid supplier.
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Profile: Senergy is a non-profit research centre dedicated to identifying and promoting collaborative innovation, research and technology transfer, with a strong emphasis on digitization and data management within its services. Founded by experienced experts and leading renewable energy researchers with extensive backgrounds in energy efficiency, circular economy, PV systems, energy storage, hydrogen technologies, smart technologies and e-mobility.
While Senergy’s primary focus is on research, its commitment to digitalization and data management extends to all levels of competence through its research team members. Senergy draws on its extensive experience in national and international initiatives aimed at promoting the social and economic dimensions of the circular economy and the transition to renewable energy. Senergy is constantly looking for new opportunities in renewable energy and supports the most advanced developments.
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Profile: The Subcarpathian Hydrogen Valley Association brings together nearly 30 entities of science, business, local and national administration. The Association’s goal is to implement the hydrogen valley project in the Podkarpackie region (Poland).
The Association actively participates in international projects, including taking part in the Project Development Assistance II Clean Hydrogen Partnership and participating in the project Unlocking green H2 economy for SMEs in European Regions (“UNLOCK”) – Interreg Europe.
The Association is coordinated by the Rzeszow University of Technology, whose scientists will participate in the project. The university is researching the use of hydrogen in turbines and hydrogen technologies in aviation.
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Profile: Treibacher Industrie AG is a development partner and supplier of high-performance materials as well as chemical and metallurgical products since 1898. Their products are used in numerous demanding industries, such as the pharmaceutical, automotive, aircraft and aerospace industries, in the electronics industry, biomedicine, water purification or in environmental catalysis.
With their materials they improve performance, protect the climate, preserve resources and promote a better quality of life. Entirely in line with their mission statement – WE ENGINEER MATERIALS – FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
Treibacher Industrie AG uses hydrogen as feedstock for various chemical products.
Treibacher Industrie AG is an associated partner of the HI2 Valley.
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Profile: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is highly recognised, both nationally and internationally for its research portfolio and teaching capacities, as one of the top universities in the world, ranking 48th in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking and 47th in the QS ranking in 2024.
The TU Delft is the largest university of engineering and sciences in the Netherlands, with about 26,500 students and an academic staff of more than 2,000, of which 300 are professors, publishing approximately 7,000 articles and books, and 250 patents, annually. It is a highly international environment, with 60% of scientific staff having foreign nationality. TU Delft has outstanding teaching and research facilities and has been awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” logo.
TU Delft has good experience in EU funding programmes. In Horizon Europe, so far TU Delft has acquired more than 268 projects (28 as coordinator, 181 as beneficiary, and 59 personal grants) for a total of €188 million funding.
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The department of Engineering Systems and Services contributes to Comprehensive Engineering from a systems integration perspective. In today’s interconnected world, energy, mobility and ICT services continuously converge into complex engineering systems. ESS analyses, shapes and assesses these systems, using cutting-edge tools such as Agent Based Modelling and Simulation, Choice Behavior Modelling, IT architecting and policy analytics.
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Profile: For the past 50 years, TU Graz has been successfully researching in the fields of electrochemistry and hydrogen. The Center of Hydrogen Research in Graz combines the expertise of more than 160 scientists who conduct hydrogen research at the institutes and research centres of TU Graz in numerous fields of specialisation. Research is being carried out at a top European level and with a unique laboratory and research infrastructure, ranging from basic research to applied technologies and systemic aspects.
The involved institutions are: Hydrogen Center Austria (HyCentA), Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology (CEET) at TU Graz, Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems (ITNA) at TU Graz, Institute of Thermal Engineering (IWT) at TU Graz, Large Engines Competence Center (LEC), and Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH (BEST).
TU Graz is an associated partner of the HI2 Valley.
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Profile: Riga Technical University is a public higher education institution with vast experience as a coordinator and partner in over 500 EU and internationally funded research projects over the last five years. Institute of Energy Systems and Environment of the Riga Technical University is a renowned player in the fields of environmental engineering, including modelling of energy systems (production, transmission, storage), renewables, energy security, adaptation to climate change and resilience, system dynamics modelling, and has a strong presence in the European scientific arena.
The Institute of Energy Systems and Environment of the Riga Technical University has since 2008 gathered scientific experience in the field of hydrogen energy systems. Nowadays, the Institute is working on such issues as integration of hydrogen and green hydrogen into transportation systems, integrated energy modelling, resilience and compatibility assessment of pipeline and gas storage infrastructure for hydrogen needs, behavior analysis via system dynamics modelling of hydrogen actors (producers, users, market actors) through identification of policy incentives proper for local markets on faster adaptation of hydrogen technologies, etc.
RTU IESE has an excellent laboratory platform with experienced researchers for implementation of the HI2 Valley project, incl. “Stella Architect” software for system dynamics modelling.
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Profile: WIVA P&G is the Austrian platform for research and development in the field of hydrogen and green gases streamlining knowledge and expertise between science and industry. It guarantees the integration of project results in ongoing and future projects and the realization of the overall vision of the hydrogen region.
WIVA P&G accumulates the expertise gained in more than 30 finished and ongoing projects, 25 more subprojects are scheduled for the coming years. Each project contributes at least to one of the topical domains of energy supply, transport, and storage, infrastructure, sector coupling, application of hydrogen, zero-emission logistics, refuelling infrastructure and systems, carbon cycling, and industrial use.
In 2023 WIVA P&G received the award as “European Hydrogen Valley of the Year” from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership.
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Profile: ZenLab was established in year 2012. Their employees have long track record in software design and development business. They have rich experience developing big scale complex software solutions for software vendors (e.g. SAP Cloud Commerce, HP, TIBCO, IBM, Ericsson), in wide variety of development technologies, for different industry verticals, such as e.g. Telecommunications, Storage, Enterprise, Transportation and Public sector.
Typical systems that ZenLab have been integrating lately required well-thought-out integration with multiple enterprise backend systems and each other in order to act as a single fully functional entity (eCommerce platforms, Product Offering Catalog Systems, Order & Fulfilment Management Systems, Self-Care portals, Umbrella/Fault Management System implementations, AI oriented product solutions, Game development, Digital twins).
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