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The
Worlds
Green
Tech Valley
www.eco.at Issue price 5
Issue 10, May 2011
Global PremierBiomass technology
made in Styria
Global ClassHigh density of experts in
the Green Tech Valley
GrowthEU-SET Plan furthers
energy technology projects
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Table oContents
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Publisher: ECO WORLD STYRIA Umwelttechnik-Netzwerkbetriebs GmbH, Reininghausstrae 13, 8020 Graz, Austria, Tel.: +43 316/40 77 44-0,ofce@eco.at, www.eco.at. Production: Corporate Media Service GmbH, Arche-Noah-Gasse 810, 8020 Graz, Tel.: +43 316/90331-0, ofce@cm-service.at,www.cm-service.at. Editorial Direction: Mag. Andrea Kreuzer. Contributors to this edition: Mag. Helmut Rmer in cooperation with the ECO WORLD STYRIA team.
Prooreader: Mag. Waltraud Wetzlmair-Zechner. Cover: Isovoltaic, Photocase, Illustration by ZS communication + art,Layout: m4! Mediendienstleistungs GmbH & Co KG, Layout: Tom Wagner, www.m-4.at,Printer: Niedersterreichisches Pressehaus. Recycling-Paper: RePrint, Lizenz 544.070: Nordischer Schwan. Issue 10, May 2011, Circulation: 15,000.
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Dueto thetragicincidentsin Japan,the
development o energy efciency and
renewableenergiesis whatis calledor
now.ThepioneerorthisisStyria asa
veritablehotspotorinnovativeenvironmental
andenergy technologies.The TechMeter
analysis carried out recently worldwide
showshowhigh theconcentrationo ex-
perts ishere:in the areas obiomass,
solarandenergyefciency-inrelationtogrossregionalproduct-Styriansareclearly
aheadothegame(page8).
Newexamplesothisarethecleanestand
mostclimate-riendlypelletheatingsystem
and the SUNSTORE 4 combined heat
andpowerprojecteaturinglong-termheat
storage(page10).
Atthesametime,internationalcooperation
aswell ascooperationbetweenscience
andbusinessareindispensableactorson
thepathtoaclimate-neutralsociety.Thusthe
EUisprovidingEUR70billioninsupportor
innovativeenergytechnologyprojectsinthe
scopeotheSETplan(page4)inthenext
tenyears.
Sothebasishaslongbeenlaidtobeable
tomoveorwardintoasunnyuture,rather
thanoneradiantwithnuclearenergy.It
isnowessentialtopersistinpursuingthis
pathjustliketheECOWORLDSTYRIA
clustercompaniesaredoingtoday.Inthe
spiritothis,wehopeyouenjoythisissueo
ECOWORLDMAGAZINE.
DearReaders,
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nEW MARKETS FOR WInD EnERGYThetraditionalmarketorwindenergyislargelyexploited,sowindturbinemanuacturersandprojectdevelopersareseekingnewterri-
tory:CentralandEasternEurope(CEE)hasbeendevelopedlittleto
date.Thusthetotalcapacityo1,500MW(009)istoincreaseto
,000MWby00inordertoreachthetargetsspecifedbythe
EuropeanCommissionorallmemberstates.Themainmarketswill
includeBulgaria,Poland,RomaniaandTurkey.TheCzechRepublic,
EstoniaandHungaryarelikelytooerseveralgoodopportunitiesina
smallerramework.www.ewea.org
EUROPE IS SLOWLY GREEnInGOnlyaullyintegratedapproachtotransormingEuropeintoaresource-efcientgreeneconomycanresultinahealthyenvironment
andboostprosperityandsocialcohesion,accordingtotheState
otheEnvironmentReport(SOER)010publishedbytheEuropean
EnvironmentAgency.With8countriesassessed,thecurrentissueisthe
mostcomprehensivethusar.Underthepremisethatimplementationtake
placecontinuouslyandincorporateallecologicalresourcesandcitizen
involvements,Europesgreenstrategiesaregivenathoroughlypositive
assessment.http://eea.europa.eu/soer
BIG EnERGY FROM SMALL HYDRORemarkablequantitiesoelectricityareedintothepublicgridbysmall-
scalehydropowerplants(upto10MWooutput).TheEuropeanSmall
HydropowerAssociation(ESHA)recentlyprovidedanoverview,which
saysthat46TWhoelectricityperyearisproducedbysmallhydro-
electricpowerstations.Anelectricityvolumeo54.7TWhisanticipated
or00.AccordingtoESHA,threemillionEuropeanhouseholdswould
besuppliedwithitand,almostasasideeect,9milliontonneso
COsaved.5.5TWhcurrentlycomesromsmallAustrianhydro-electric
powerstations.www.kleiwasserkraft.at
UK IS PIOnEER WITH GREEn HEATAsoApril011GreatBritainwillbethefrstcountryintheworld
whichalsoapprovesenergyeed-intaris(FITs)intheareaoheatthey
havebeenapprovedorelectricitysinceApril010.FITsapplytothe
so-calledmicro-generationoenergysuppliers,thatistosaythathouse-
holdsandcompaniesarecompensatedortheelectricityandheatrom
theirownsystems(PV,windandhydropoweraswellasbiomass)which
donotexceedanoutputofveMW.By00theshareorenewable
energiesontheislandistobe15percent.Currentlyitis5.5percent.
www.direct.gov.uk, www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
Worldnews
JRDevelopsaNewProcessorWastewaterTreatment
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NewResourceManagementinStyria
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CradletoCradle:InterviewwithMichaelBraungart
Page 13All-GreenLiestyle:WinnerotheEcoBoxDesignCompetition
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BiomassTechnologyotheFuture
Page 10IndustryNews:SimplyStyrian.IntelligentlyMade.
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GreenTechValleyMagnet:PremiumLocationStyria
Page 6TheSETPlan:FundsorCleanTechinEurope
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A Breath of Fresh AirorCleanTech
On the path toaCO2-reeuture,theEUisocusingonaEuropeanstrategicenergplan
orenerg technologies, theso-called SET
Plan.Overthenexttenearsaloneprojects
totallingEUR70billionareplannedinorder
to promote innovative energ technolog
projectsandtoreorganisethecurrentenerg
ssteminto onewith less greenhouse gas
emissions.TheaimistolowerCO2output80
percentb200.Forthis,theEUhasestab-
lishedvariousindustrialinitiativesinthescope
otheSET Planwhich canbe implemented
asacooperativeprogrammeamongmember
statesoraspublicprivatepartnershipmod-
els.Long-termresearchprogrammesas well
aspilotplantsanddemonstrationprojectsare
laingthegroundworkornewtechnologies.
Targets of the SET PlanB203020,000jobsaretobecreated
inthiscleantechindustrandonethirdo
electricitconsumption inthe EU is tobe
coveredbwindpower.Withinvestmentso
EUR6billionnewtechnologieswillbetested.
Researchprojectsand pilotacilitiesor ad-
vancedphotovoltaicconceptsare toensurethatin tenears1 percentoelectricitis
coveredbsolarenerg.Demonstrationacili-
tiesarealsobeingdevelopedorbioenerg,
whichcontributesashareo1percenttothe
energmixandistocreate200,000jobs.In
addition,thereisaccelerateddevelopmento
thegridorecopowerandenhancedinterna-
tionalcooperation,orexample,betweenthe
EUandChinaortheconstructionoemission-reecoal-fredpowerplants.Theresearchon
processesorthecaptureandstorageoCO2
withinvestmentsouptoEUR13billionwill
servethispurpose aswell. Thecooperation
is beingcoordinated betweenthe national
researchinstitutionsin theEuropean Energ
ResearchAlliance.Additionalareasoocus
aretechnologicalinitiativesoruelcellsand
hdropoweraswellasresearchintheareao
nuclearusion.
Megatrends in Environmental TechnologyForRolKreibich,directorotheBerlinInstitute
orFutureStudiesandTechnologAssessment,
itisalsobeondquestionthatWehaveto
ocuson highlefcienttechnologieso the
uture.Futureareasoocusareinnovative
ecologicaland solarbuilding technologies,
waterpurifcationtechnologiesandintegrated
transportsstems,innovativeenergstorage
technolog, energ efcienc sstemsand
regenerativeenergiesin everindustr, he
specifes,estimatingthatbetween2030and
200aullsupplwithregenerativeenerg
willbe possible.All othis requirestremen-dousfnancialeorts.ForthisreasontheEU
isenhancingthe undingor suchprojects
rom EUR3 billiontodatoEUR 8billion
everear.Thisisequivalenttoanadditional
undingvolumeoEUR0billioninthenext
tenears,whichwillberaisedbtheEU,
thememberstates andindustr.The frstin-
dustrialinitiativeslikethecleancoalstrateg
With the SET (Strategic Energy Technology) Plan, the EU isaiming for new technological highs. Over the next ten yearsa volume of EUR 70 billion will be invested in giant pilotprojects and other initiatives. AUTHOR: Hemut Rmer
andcarboncaptureandstorage(CCS)werelaunchedinJuneandNovemberolastear.
Initiativesoroshorewindstationsandbioen-
erghavealsomadeconsiderableprogress.
Anotherstrategorsmartcitiesisaboutto
kicko.
Smart City The Intelligent CityThewatheEUseesit,citiesaretobecome
pioneersintheuseoenerg-efcienttechnol-
ogies.Smartbuildingsthatoperateaspower
generators,integratedtransport sstemsand
innovative telecommunication services coa-
lesceintointelligentcitiesthat producetheir
ownenergandbecomeasustainablework-
ingandlivingspaceorpeople.Theenerg
managementobuildingsisintegratedusing
so-calledsmartgridsand,orexample,pro-
videsenergor thepurposes oelectromo-
bilit.Mandecentralisedenergproduction
unitsarecombinedintoavirtualpowerplant,
whichrequiresnew investmentsin lowand
mediumvoltagepowergrids.Forthisreason,
smartcitiesavourthecomprehensiveintegra-
tionothesstemosmartgrids,heatingand
coolinggrids,plusenergbuildings,intelligentenergmanagementandmanotheractors.
TheEUisplanningtosupportupto30smart
citiesasdemoprojectswithatotaloEUR11
billioninprojectcostsb2020.
Consortia, Concepts and Demo ProjectsTheSETprojectsgenerateenormousinvest-
mentvolumesthatarescarcelmanageable
orindividualcompanies,sasAntonSoECOWORLD STyRIA.Theenvi
cluster is thereore supporting the
governmentsactivitiesas wellas the
lishmentoconsortiabcompanies,
andgovernmentinstitutions.
Smartcities,inparticular,oeralarge
oopportunitiesrangingromsstem
tionandthetestingonewenergte
giesto researchingnewconcepts o
andmodels obusiness, explainsM
PaulaotheFederalMinistrorTrans
novationandTechnolog(bmvit).Ac
toPaula,thisisnotonlabouttechnolog
also aboutenergefciencand th
sionopeopleasenergconsumers.
proverbialftnessprogrammeortechn
companiesandstakeholders,thebm
Climateand EnergFund haveesta
theftsetinitiative,whichwillprov
1millionbtheendothisearorfn
SmartCitdemonstrationprojectsinAu
Roadmap for environmental technology initiatives though 2020 compiled by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Tra
Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
idustry ittvs Rodp throuh 2020IndustryInitiative
Soar Energy(PV/CSP)
Wind Power
EectricityGrids
Bioenergy
Smart Cities
CO2-Capture
& Storage
6 bn
11 bn
13 bn
9 bn
2 bn
16 bn
NeededR&D,demo,eary
marketaunch
Targets Quantifcatio
Costs,oshore,gridintegration; 510testingacilities,10demoprojects, 5prototypeoshore oundations
PV:5pilot acilitiesorautomatedmass production,centralisedanddecentraliseddemo; CSP:10prototype powerplants
Realdomesticmarket, integrationovolatileproduction,managementoreciprocalrelationshipbtw. Suppliersandcustomers;20 demoprojects
Advancedbiouels,biomasscombinedheat andpower;30demoacilities
Demooull industrial-standardCCSchain
Pointodeparture orintroductionointelligent gridsandintelligentenergy-efcientbuildings
20%oEU electrconsumption
15%oEU electrconsumption
50%ogrids sm
14%otheEUenergymix
Costs3050/tonneCO
2
2530democitie
SET PlAN
The SET initiativeissettingthecourseorautureEuropeanenergsstemwithprogressivetechnologies.TheaimisachievemeotheEUclimatetargetsaswellaleadershipintheglobalcompetitiotechnolog.Details: www.ec.europeu/energy/technoogy/set_pan/set_pan_en.htm
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Green Tech Valley Magnet:StiaAttacts.Styria regards itsel as a premium location or environmental technology frms whichis attractive or international companies and experts alike. As the TechMeter analysisshows, Styria also has an excellent concentration o experts at its disposal.AUTHOR: Helmut Rmer
Styria as a premium location: companies such as Isovoltaic, which manuactures
special backsheet lms or solar modules (photo below), printed circuit board
manuacturer AT&S as well as Andritz AG with its high-tech turbines are
headquartered in Styria
What makes environmental technostand out as a strong point in the pince of Styrias new economic stratBUCHMANN: Eneg anenvin
tatechnghas evepeexte
namicaintheast eweasa
asignifcantstengthintheStianm. Intenatina, Stian cmp
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WorldSTyrIAScmpanieshaveb
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Christian Buchmann,
Regional Minister for
Economic Affairs and
Innovation, Europe & Culture
Wewantthehighecncentatintechngeaes
InfORMATIOn
As a service poitthepvinceStia,theSFG(StianBusinessPmtinAgenc)supptscmpaniesinaquestinscnceningcmpanestabishmentanintenatinaisatin.detaisatwww.sfg.at
Top gures: The TechMeter analysis studied the number o inventors and patent registrations in the last ve yearsworldwide (grey). The result: by international comparison Styria has an above-average concentration o experts inrenewable energy technologies.
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Biomass Energy Eciency Materialfow Solar Water Others
The Isovoltaic GmbH isa gbamaketeaespeciabacksheetfmssa
muesan,asa gbapae,cuenthsamaketshae30pecent.Quite
ecentthe intenatinagupsheaqua-
teshavebeencateintheStiantwn
lebing.Thepuctincatinwasas
signifcant expane.The pinte cicuit
bamakeAT&Sasecateitshea-
quatestlebeninUppeStiaanthe
Sweishcmpan SanvikSuace Mining
hasestabisheitsheaquatesinGazin
etaaptthecmpantthechange
cnitinsn themaketant ecisive
psitinit utue evepments.Gba
paessuch asSiemensAG,AntnPaa
GmbH, vestapine anInfnenaeas
cusingnthecatinStia.
Succss Fctors for ivsttsStiathusseemsthaveaheastatinthe
intenatinacmpetitin inustia ca-
tins.Whataetheeasnsthis?Thee
mainactspaaeinestabishingene-
ganenvinmentatechngcmpanies
in Stia, sas Geg Psch ECo
WorldSTyrIA.Fist,thetpeseachwith
thesecnhighestr&dbugetin Eupeanthe utstaning cpeatin between
thecmpaniesanagenumbecmpe-
tencecentes,thetheeunivesitiesantw
univesitiesappiescience.Secn,the
avaiabiithighquaifepesnnewh
aecntinuatainebthintena an
extena. Thi,the high cncentate
envinmentatechng catin Stia
anitscentagegaphicpsitininEupe
eutstaningcnitinsestabishing
cmpaniesasweas uthecmpangwth.Antheimptantactcmpa-
nies isthe innvativestengtha egin
whichiseivemitsnumbeexpets
nspecifcsubjectaeas.
Ctr of iovtorsManeStabaue thecmpanTech-
Meteecentexaminethecncentatin
expetsinStiaingbacmpaisn.lng
beea puctis aunche,theeis an
inceaseinpatentegistatinsanpubica-
tinsinthespeciaiseiteatue,hesas.
Thenumbetheseexpets,inventsan
authsinacetainpeibsevatinis
iviethughthegsseginapuct
anthisiesaeeencevauehwhigh
thecncentatinexpetsptentia
innvatinisaegin.
Stabaueanasesgbanetwkseseachesanexpets.Basenthis,itis
pssibet etect tens inpuctsan
techngiesinan eaphase.Whatae
cmpanieswkingnanhwintense?
Wheecanthetpcmpaniesaneevant
eseachesbeun?
Hh Coctrto of exprts evrotl TcholoyWhichpepehaveappiepatentsin
whichcmpaniesintheastteneas?The
anasisshwsa csenetwkexpets
anpatsupisingesuts.Inthebimass
sect, exampe,sma-scaefmswee
thestngestinpatenting.AnintheGeman-
speakingeginsveaStiahasa sub-
stantiahighecncentatinexpets
bimass,enegefciencansapwe
ineatint gssegina puct an
ppuatinensit.Anthefningwasthat
thecmpaniesinStiaaehighspecia-
ise.Thughan estabishenetwkthe
ashaveageateptentiasnege-
gaingcpeatinswiththecmpanies.
Cltch iovtors Club
TutheevepStianstengthinthec-peatincmpaniesaneseach,ECo
has estabishe the Ceantech Innvats
CubtgethewiththeFeeatinStian
InustiesanGazUnivesitTechng.
Itisaumaninmapatmene-
g, eneg efcienc an envinmenta
techng, expains Antn Schue
ECo. Stia has a substantia eseach
bugetaninnvativetechngpvies.
IntheInnvatsCubweiscussthepten-
tiacuseseseachancpeatinsn
aquatebasis.Theaimiststengthen
theinkbetweenieasancmpaniesas
weas pucts. ThisshumakeStia
evenmeattactiveastheGeenTechVae
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IntelligentMae.
SimplyStian.AUTHOR: Andrea Kreuzer
Phts: AHT, Lugitsch, ICS Enegietechnik, tlia, bluebeg/Heta Henaus, ECo WorLd STyrIA, VAE Eisenbahnssteme, ACC Austia
COOL FOR HOMEACC Austia in Fstenel woke meticulously
on the wols most enegy-efcient compesso
o househol cooling appliances o fve yeas.
With success: the delta compesso achieves an
enegy level that supasses even the cuent best
an can be categoise Class A+++.
In the aea o compessos below 100 W this
makes it the lightest an most enegy efcient
o its kin in the wol. ACC was awae the
Austian State Pize o Innovation o it.
www.acc.at
ALL UNDER ONE ROOFThe aim o the bluebeg euopean netwok
o bette builing netwok o expets is to
hone geen enegy concepts that ae peectlyaapte to the stuctue o a builing. The
example o the Linz Science Pak (photo
ight) shows how efciently the plan can be
implemente. Base on simulations, the enegy
concept itsel incopoates the ecipocal eect
o the builing shell, stuctue an technical
builing sevices o the geatest comot o
uses.www.blueberg.at
OIL-FREE PORTBeginning in Apil 2011 cntaminate site
specialist swatec, heaquatee in the
Stian twn Schen, is beginning
the emeiatin a thee-hectae aea in
the pt St. Petesbug (russia). With the
innvative swatec pcess, sil an wate
cntaminate with mineal il hcabns
ae cleanse withut eging, using ai
suppl an emval an micganisms.
www.sowatec.at
ON (THE GREEN) TRACKVAE Eisenbahnssteme in Zeltweg pves that
an in an steel pcessing cmpan can be
n tack with the envinment. With health,
saet an envinment in min, the cm-
pan has efne an eneg stateg whsecntent anges m the cnstuctin a small
hpwe statin t themal insulatin an
emplee taining. At the highest level e-
fcienc, ve 4,000 tnnes Co2
have
been pevente s a pe ea.
www.voestalpine.com/vaee
MOvE WITH THE SUNA ounabout has to be lit, thats clea. Thus o
the expets at the Felbach-base electonics
company e-Lugitsch, it was obvious to pouce
the electicity o the lights o the junction at thei
oostep using photovoltaics. No soone sai
than planne than one: since June 2010
a move with a 106 m PV suace has been
tuning with the motion o the sun. By Febuay
2011 it pouce 15,991 kWh o electicity.
Fa moe than the lights nee. The suplus is e
back into the egional gi.www.lugitsch.at
EvERYTHING AT A GLANCEThse mentine in the Geen Tech Valle
Guie ae amng the best an man ae
glbal maket leaes in sla, wate, waste an
integate efcienc technlgies. F custmes
the guie pvies a quick veview leaing
technlgies, the latest subjects eseach an
the Geen Tech Valle. F the fst time it als
cntains a l-ut eseach map. The guie will
be available m ECo WorLd STyrIA ee
chage beginning June.
www.eco.at
SET TO EXPANDThe new high-peomance economise is the
coe o the 7.2 megawatt biomass themal
powe station the company ICS Enegietechniko Kumbeg is builing in the East Fisian town
o Wiesmoo o EUr 12 million. The system will
heat a 30-hectae geenhouse, with expansion
chambes enabling a consieable euction
o emissions in the unace. Two megawatts o
geen electicity will also be e into the gi via
a steam tubine an tubo geneato.
www.ics-austria.at
COOL FOR bUSINESSWhat Miami stans ? N questin: summe,
sun an c. But insies knw it als stans
eneg an envinmentall ienl cmmecial
eezing an cling. The rttenmann-base
fm AHT Cling Sstems puces a plug-ineezing an cling unit using e-cnmize
technlg which cnsumes appx. 50
pecent less electicit than cmpaable units. It is
illuminate with LEd lighting an envinmentall
ienl ppane is use as a clant. Thus Mi-
ami is entiel CFC- an PFC-ee.www.aht.at
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ENVIRONMENTALTECHNOLOENERGYTECHNOLOGY
Fotos:Fotolia,KWB(3),BIOS(4)
Biomass TheNextLevel
Biomass technologies aresetting new standards:
KWB has the cleanest pellet
heating system in the worldand BIOS has developed agroundbreaking European
reference project fordistrict heating.AUTHOR: Helmut Rmer
WORLD magazine WORL
In the biomass sector thereisintensiveworkunderwayworldwideontechnologiesothe
uturesuch asliqueaction,gasication and
useinuelcells.Anotherareaoocusisthe
continuousdevelopmentoexistingtechnolo-giesandtheircombinationintheormohy-
bridsystems.Twoexamplesdemonstratethe
potentialobiomassorinnovation:together
withtheInstituteorProcessandParticleTech-
nology at Graz University o Technology,
BIOSBIOENERGIESYSTEMEhasdeveloped
anext-generationcombinedheatandpower
systemandKWBhasputanextremelyeasy-
to-servicepelletheatingsystemonthemarket
thatwithrespecttoemissionsremainsarbe-
loweverylimit.
BIOSprojectSUNSTORE4
OntheDanishislandoAeroaversatileand
ecientdistrict heating system is currently
being built by an internationalconsortium
ocompanieswithinthescopeotheEuro-
peandemonstration projectSUNSTORE 4.
Theinstallationisbasedonahybridsystem
obiomassandsolarpowerincorporatinga
long-termheatstorageunit,anorganicRank-
inecycle(ORC)orelectricityproductionas
wellasaheatpumpwithCO2asuel.The
companyBIOSENERGIESYSTEMEoGraz
isresponsibleortheplanningandoptimisedintegration o the biomass-red combined
heatandpowerunitintotheoverallsystem.
32,000MWh/aodistrictheatingwillbe
produced with a remarkable 40 percent
romsolarenergy,55percentrombiomass,
threepercentbymeansotheheatpumpand
justtwopercentusinganoilboilerorpeak
loads.TheORCsanticipatedelectricitypro-
ductionwillbeabout3,000MWh/a,with
theoverallsystemsownelectricityconsump-
tionestimatedat approx.1,500 MWh/a,
incl. theheatingpump. SoSUNSTORE 4
willalsobe anet producero ecopower.Renewabletechnologiescanbecombined
verywell.IntheSUNSTOREprojectlong-term
heatstorageisintelligently,innovativelyand
economicallyintegratedintoabiomass-red
solarproject,saysBIOSManagingDirector
IngwaldObernberger,indicatingthegisto
theproject.
Theacilitysenergymanagementsystemwill
decidewhenthebiomassinstallationistobe-
ginoperatinginautumnandhowmuchheat
willbeproducedandstoredinthelong-term
storageunit.Thisisoenormousimportance
inordertoavoidcostlyheatproductionwith
theexistingoilboilerin winterassoonas
thedistrict gridsdemandor heatexceeds
thenominaloutputothebiomass-redcom-
binedheatandpowerstation.Cropsrom
short-rotationeldswillbeusedasbiomass
uel.Asquantitiesonitrogen,potassiumand
ashinthesecropsarehigherthaninconven-
tionalsotwood,thebiomassurnaceand
thermaloilboilerisbeingbuiltwiththehelp
oBIOSCFD(computationalfuiddynamics)
simulations.Thesesimulationsplayadecisive
roleinbringingaboutanecientreductionoemissions(mainlyNOxanddust)through
primarymeasuresandatthesametimemax-
imisingthesystemseciency.Internationally,
BIOSisoneotheleadinginstitutionsinthe
areaoCFDsimulationsobiomasscombus-
tionandgasicationsystemsandusesthem
specicallyandsuccessullyorthedevelop-
mentonewsystems.
KWB: New standard for simple and cleanheatingKWB,theeastStyriantechnologyleaderor
biomassheating,hasputthenewEasyre
pelletheatingsystemonthemarket,whichsetsnewglobalstandardsregardingemis-
sionsandeaseoservice.Thecompanyis
particularly proud o its cleanEciency
technology,inwhichcleancanbetaken
inthemostliteralsense.Allothelimitslisted
intheBlueAngel2012environmentalseal
andthelatestGermanImmissionControlAct
(BImSchG)arebeingundercutconsiderably
inboth partial-and normal-loadoperation.
ThisnotonlymakesthenewKWBEasyre
thecleanest andmost climate-riendlypellet
heatingsystemon themarket, butsimulta-
neouslythemost easy-to-servicesystemand
setsstandardsoruturebiomassboilersin
every way, KWBManagingDirector Er-
winStubenschrottsays.Allothecombustion
zonesareclearlyseparated:alarger-than-av-
erageburnerplateensuresastablerebed.
Theburner platesautomatic ash removal
takesplacehorizontallyatalevelthatavoids
raisinganydust.Anadditionalcyclonedust
remover ensures that heavy dust particles
donotendupintheexhaustfow.ThenewKWBEasyrepelletheating systemis the
worldsrstpelletheatereaturinga Bosch
broadbandlambdasensor.Itwasdeveloped
specicallyorbiomassheatersandalsoen-
suresperectcombustionoranykindopel-
letqualities.Ignition takesplace withshort,
hotblastsoairthisprincipleoignitionnot
onlycutsbackonelectricity,butalsoresultsin
extremelyshortignitiontimesonomorethan
threeminutes.
Thepellet heaters service- andassembly-
riendlymodulesystem,whichisdeliveredin
sevenpackagesandrequiresjust0.6mo
foorspace,isinnovativeaswell.Thepel-
letheatingis completely ree ohydraulic
systemsandcanbe attachedtopumpso
anykind,whichisa signicantadvantage
orintegrationintoentiresystems.Theentire
heatingsystem canbe assembled
personsinjust30minutesandinope
hasaconstantlyhigheciencyrateo
96percent(alsointhepartialloadra
Future technology todayBioethanol,biodiesel, biogas, pow
heatromthermalpowerstationsors
nacessuchaspelletorwoodchip
unitstheresnodoubt:energyromb
isboomingandis acentralcompo
renewableenergiesinEuropewithen
potentialworldwide.Thatwasalsoth
mousopinionothe1,100experts
nationswhoconvenedattheendo
inGrazat theCentral EuropeanB
Conerence organised bytheAustri
massAssociation.Inthe150Biom
ness Talksco-organisedby ECOW
STYRIA,speciccooperationswerei
bycompaniesandresearchinstitution
cludesa satisedChristianKberlo
WORLDSTYRIA.
Large-scale SUNSTORE acility: Thermal and electric energy production is setting standards throughout Europe using a combination o solar heat (an area o 15,000 m), biomass (com
power using ORC technology: output 3.2 MW thermal and 750 kW electric), long-term heat storage (75,000 m capacity) and a heat pump (output 1.5 MW thermal). www.bios-bioen
KWB Easyfre: Technologies
such as the cyclone dust
separator (photo let),
broadband lambda sensorrom Bosch and extremely
large burner plate ensure
that fne dust, nitrous
oxide and carbon monoxide
emissions remain consider-
ably below the strictest
international emission
limits. www.kwb.at
Renewable technologies canbe combined very well: in theSUNSTORE project long-termthermal storage is intelligently, innova-
tively and economically integrated intoa biomass solar project.
Ingwald Obernberger,
managing director of
BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
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Photos: Perlud, Cty o GrazPhotos: Re-Block, Xbambam, Saubermacher, Zotter, tjeerdveenhoven, novothnk
All-Green LestyleAUTHOR: Adrea Kreuzer
WORLD magazine WOR
BITS OF PAPEREvery sheet deserves a second chance
Styrian Tali Tormoche, alias Sirius Five, long
had the idea of doing something useful with
the scads of paper printed on one side only
every day, but it was not until 2010 that he
actually implemented it: with the designers from
Onomato and university printer Klampfer the
paper is bound into blocks called Re-Block.
The project was promptly awarded the
Re-Design Network Award. A long-term
marketing concept is now in development.
Companies that want to have their paper
re-blocked please reply. www.reblock.at
Crale to crale is Michael Braugarts philosophy:waste is to be plae as a resource from the very start.There ca be a little more waste or emissios, if they areuseful to the eviromet.
Everything n Flux
Cycles. There s one or bologcal goods and
one or the techncal achevements o modern
le. A cycle, that s, n whch every (waste) pro-
duct mutates nto a raw materal or new pro-
ducts, cradle to cradle (C2C), so to speak.
The Department or Economc and Toursm De-
velopment o the cty o Graz has dedcated
tsel to ths phlosophy snce 2008. As part oths, at the begnnng o the year t held the
C2C Congress at the Kunsthaus Graz. Chemst
and concever o the dea Mchael Braungart
took them up on the nvtaton. ECO WORLD
MAGAZiN asked hm or an ntervew.
Would you defne C2C once more?its qute smple: ts not about producng less
o somethng bad, but somethng truly good.
in act n all areas o le and wth respect to
all o processes related to producton: rom the
energy used to employees workng condtons
and the transportaton crteras.
Makes sense, but its not new. Is this justsustainability and environmental protectionunder a new name?No, because ts not about conservaton, but n-
tellgent use. i products are returned to a cycle,whch means they dont become waste, then
the abandonment o them s entrely unneces-
sary. A healthy tree doesnt gve up any o ts
abundance: t blossoms n all ts splendour and
produces all sorts o rut. it doesnt produce
any waste n the process. Nature knows no
waste, only nutrents. The smple ormula was-
te s ood s derved rom ths.
How can a company implement this or itsel?Unortunately, i cant oer anythng lke a ten-
pont programme that puts everyone
same agenda, as every company ha
dvdual processes and products. Evmust always be consdered n detal n o
recognse the potentals. The C2C com
s networkng nternatonally now, so
sble to ask companes how they appr
certan ssues as well as gettng all sorts
port rom publc ofces lke the cty o
Globally, there are already about 20
products manuactured by companes
Backhausen, Phlps, Nke and Ford
ormty wth C2C. A Styran example
chldrens urnture maker Perlud.
BAMBOOSTRUCTURES
Often parents are less than thrilled
about toys that are made in China
due to the possibility of harmful substanc-es. With its bamboo toys, the Swiss company
Xibambam proves that ecologically important
material for toys also comes from China. The
materials advantages: cultivation is easy,
pesticides are not required, and it grows within
a few weeks right next to the production site.
Only the transportation route to Europe lowers
the ecobalance. Otherwise, the sustainable
production of this creative toy is actually quite
simple.www.xibambam.ch
PATCH OF FORESTThis patch of forest has a lot
to offer. After all, its a special chocolate
creation by Styrian culinary artist Josef Zotter,
for which one tree for every sold bar is planted
in the rain forest. There are already about
100,000. The project is lasts through to the
end of the year. Zotters partners are the WWF,
Austrian Federal Forests and the Ministry of Life.
The current forest stand can be accessed online.
www.zotter.at
Everything C2C-compatible and genuinely Styrian: the Caspar
adjustable childs table from the childrens furniture maker Perludi
WASTE dESIGnAnyone who hears the word Maultaschen (a
Swabian version of ravioli) immediately thinksof Stuttgart. But the Maultaschen from Robert
Matzke of 5sued in Dresden have little in
common with the Swabian dish. Ment are the
chic recycling containers for separating waste
that won the Saubermacher EcoBox design
competition. They pay respect to valuable
resources such as paper, aluminium & co.
www.saubermacher.at
ALTERnATIVE dRIVEOf course its nice that the European Commission now stipulates
standard plugs for mobile phone chargers. This way the chances of
charging the battery even if you dont have your own charger with you
are greater. Somewhere theres always one lying around. But an adios
to entangled cables certainly applies to alternative systems that supply
green energy for iPhones and Co, like the Solar Surge solar charger
or wind-powered iFan. Both handsets are all-in-one, so no other
device is needed. While the solar solution has already been licensed
by Apple and is to be launched at the end of the year, designer Tjeerd
Veenhoven is still seeking production partners for his small wind power
system. A nice secondary effect of the invention: the iFan-equipped
mobile phone can be mounted on a bicycle thus it has a health-relatedadvantage for the user who knows what hes pedalling for.www.tjeerveehove.com/blog/,www.ovothik.com
InfORmATIO
Proessioal adv
The cty o Grazsdepartment oeconomc and todevelopment oeto help nterestedbusnesses regardany Cradle toCradle matters.
inormaton and dtals can be oundwww.wirtschaft.gr
Michael Braungart:
www.braungart.com
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The ProvincialWasTe ManageMenT PlanThe l-aWP2010 h been pubhed by the provnceof styr Deprtment 19D Wte nd Mter FowMngement. it how tht the ncree n the voume of the eprted recycbecoected h been bove-verge: for bogenc wte 32 percent, econdrymter nd pckgng 24 percent. The l-aWP the provnce wtemngement pn. www.bfwrtchft.teermrk.t
Photos: Fotolia (7), JR
WORLD magazine WOR
Taking Every Resource intoAccountResource management not only means correctly separating and recycling waste. Rather, it is amatter of incorporating all of the factors relevant to environmental and energy technology intoan overall concept. In 2020 the province of Styria intends to be the trailblazer in sustainableresource management.
Paper here, plastic there. Aluminium here, glass
there. Biowaste here, non-recyclable waste
there. Thats right, Styrians know what has to
be separated. Over 70 percent o household
waste lands in the proper recycling bin. In the
municipal collection centres or recyclables 77
types o waste are collected and the overall re-
cycling rate is 79 percent. On the other hand,
the share o non-recyclable waste has beenlowered by 29.8 percent. The fgures show
that scarcely anyone here doubts that rubbish
contains valuable resources. So ar, so good.
That separating rubbish alone is ar rom any-
thing constituting resource management be-
comes clear when taking a look at the term
resource as defned in the Austrian Waste
Management Act or the latest announcement
by the European Commission, A Resource-E-
fcient Europe Flagship Initiative o the Europe
2020 Strategy. Sustainable resource man-
agement is about the preservation o natural ea-
tures such as soil, water, air, climate, resources,
biomass and energy. Furthermore, social and
economic aspects are taken into consideration
and the conservation o resources emphasised
in order to ensure the oundation o lie or uture
generations, explains Wilhelm Himmel, sus-
tainability coordinator or the province o Styria
and director o Department 19D Waste and
Material Flow Management. In Styria regional-
ism is also a central issue, he says, and Ingrid
Winter, ofcer or the provincial waste manage-
ment plan (L-AWP) in Department 19D, explains
that awareness-raising is the catchword. De-
velopment into a recycling society shaped by
the conservation o resources is to be ultimately
enabled. Thus the L-AWP 2010 is to be seen
as a concept or the implementation o sustain-
able resource management.
Styrian Projects
The province o Styrias vision is to adopt a pio-
neering role in sustainable resource manage-
ment by 2020. In the scope o this, projects
are being initiated such as
Smart Parties, in which
the volume o waste at
large events is reduced
by 90 percent by using
recyclable dishes and
regional value
creation boost-
ed multiple times using regional ood. The
spread o Re-Use Shops throughout Styria is
also underway. These involve entrusting the col-
lection and repair o old urniture or textiles with
social-economic enterprises in order to return
the products obtained to the consumption cycle.
This preparation or reuse is one o the new
areas anchored in the L-AWP 2010. Thus the
vision o the pioneering role is an entirely realis-tic undertaking. Ater all, many Styrians are al-
ready participating in the programmes and are
looking beyond the edge o the rubbish bin.
Modern resource management
includes all factors, from soil,
air, water and climate, to
innovation, technologies and
man himself.
ValuableWastewater
That water is a valuable resource or lie is in-
disputable. What is less known is that waste-
water is a valuable resource or recycling
valuable substances such as metals, acids and
salts. Copper, or example, can be recovered
rom the wastewater rom printed circuit board
production, nickel rom galvanic rinse water
and tantaric acid rom the passivation o alu-
minium. In view o the steadily rising commod-
ity prices the price o copper rose by 40
percent in the second hal o 2010 recycling
rom wastewater is becoming economically
more interesting.
Recovery of valuable substances throughfreeze concentration
Joanneum Research has developed an innova-
tive process or this: the selective recovery o
resources rom component currents o process
and wastewater by means o reeze concen-
tration. The process is based on the various
properties o the crystallisation o water content
at various temperatures, Arnold Stuhlbacher o
the research group Industrial Water Manage-
ment and Wastewater Technologies explains.
Previously, the process was used primarily in the
pharmaceutical industry in production. The new
technology is based on the principle that a salt
solution in the water has a eutectic reezing
point and due to the various densities and par-
ticle sizes the salt and ice crystals ormed can
be recovered again separately.
The process o reeze concentration requires
considerably less energy than other thermal
processes. For example, reezing one kilo o
water requires just 1/7 the energy required by
vaporisation. In addition, due to the low temper-atures the chemical structure does not change
and no volatile substances are lost. There are
possible applications in the treatment o corro-
sive media, as with lye in the metal-processing
industry, says Joanneum researcher Stuhlbach-
er, or in the recovery o water-soluble materi-
als and organic substances. Compared to
other separating technologies such as vacuum
vaporisation, ultra- and nanofltration,
osmosis, electrodialysis and membrane
tion, reeze concentration has advantag
as cost-savings or certain applications.
Interdisciplinary cooperationIndustrial Water Management and W
ter Technologies is one o six research
at RESOURCES Institute or Water,
and Sustainability. Other research gro
the Laboratory Centre or Isotope Hy
and Environmental Analytics, Water R
Management, Geophysics and Geo
Energy Research and Chemical and
cal Plant Utilisation. According to insrector Otto Nowak, the interdisciplinar
eration o these six highly specialised r
groups is taken advantage o in order t
to R&D challenges quickly, competen
innovatively and to oer companies
standard o technology and product d
ments as well as consulting services.
Details: www.jonneum.t
Wastewater is an important source of raw materials. Joanneum Research is focusing on aninnovative process for the selective recovery of valuable substances through freeze concentr
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Photos:ChrisJordan,Fotolia(2),L.A.Cicero
Did You Know?NO SLIP-UPThankstoitsmetal-bindingproperties,eco-
hopesarebeingpinnedonthebananapeel:
Itcancleansepollutedwaterotoxicmetals
accordingtoresearchersotheSaoPaulo
ResearchFoundation.Heavymetal-containing
wastewaterromindustrialacilitiescouldbe
cleansedwithit.www.fapesp.br
SOLAR SUPERSKINResearchersatStanordUniversitydemon-
stratedadelicatetouchwhendeveloping
asuperskinorrobots.Theartifcialskin
combinesthesenseotouchwithchemical
sensors.Energysupplyisensuredbynew,stretchablesolarcells.Basedontheir
characteristics,orexample,robotscould
detectbiomarkersoavarietyoillnesses
throughtouchdetectbiomarkersoavariety
oillnesses.Aurtherareaousewouldbethe
energysupplyorcars.http://stanford.edu
NETTING DEBRIS IN SPACEWiththehelpoakilometre-largesteelnet,the
spaceagencyJaxaincooperationwithshing
netmanuacturerNittoSeimointendtosolve
theproblemodebrisfyingaroundspace.
Withanewnetmadeoone-millimetremetal
threads,theresearcherswanttogodebris-
catching.http://english.nittoseimo.co.jp
NOT SPECIES-APPROPRIATEsoAmericanartistChrisJordanhasused
commonplasticcupsinawaythatwasnot
intended.Hepackedamillionothemintoan
image,producinglinesthatindicatetheplane
fightsonwhichthisnumberocupsareused
intheUSAandinjustsixhours.
www.chrisjordan.com
JILEKS CARTOON: ALTERNATIvE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEm
Investitionen in Ihre Zukunt
Kofnanziertvon derEuropischen Union
EuropischerFondsr Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE)
