Energiepark Research Foundation starts the future with fresh ideas!

Energiepark Research Foundation starts the future with fresh ideas!

On January 16, 2025, the Lighthouse10 took place in the Lighthouse10 The Launch event of the Energie Park Research Foundation, which was committed to promoting research and innovation in the field of renewable energies. With the aim of becoming a driving force for sustainable energy future, the newly founded foundation sets the experience of the Bruck/Leitha energy park for decades. "Our vision is to be a foundation with a real effect," said DI Dr. Hannes Schaffer at the presentation.

The Energie Park Research Foundation, which was launched on December 19, 2023, strives to set targeted impulses for the energy transition and to work closely with leading scientists. A scientific advisory board, consisting of experts like Univ. Prof. Di Dr. Reinhard Haas and Univ. Prof. Di Dr. Michael Harasek from the Vienna University of Technology, the content of the Foundation Taxation. "We need courageous approaches and the Energie Park Research Foundation can act as a driver for innovative ideas," emphasized Prof. Haas. The foundation is already planning the introduction of an annual foundation award this year to support new innovations in the field of renewable energy, as can be found on the website of the Energy Park Research Foundation

cooperation and outlook

A central concern of the Energie Park Research Foundation is close cooperation with science and industry in order to successfully implement innovative projects. In this context, the new category "Renewable Energy" in the ÖWUT Environmental Prize 2025 is also funded. "With this category, we want to achieve a sustainable effect in the energy sector and act as an innovation engine," said DI Dr. Michael Harasek. The Foundation plans to award the first prize in autumn 2025 as part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Bruck/Leitha energy park.

The official presentation of the Energie Park Research Foundation heralds a new chapter for Austria's research landscape, which sets clear impulses for the development and exchange of knowledge in the renewable energies. "We not only want to promote innovation, we want to specifically start where it is used the most," Schloss di Dr. Hannes Schaffer. These valuable measures show the commitment of the foundation for a sustainable energy supply and a climate -positive future.