Gernot Hanreich, Rector of Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and Head of the Department of Energy & Environment, took part in a panel discussion with Federal Minister Leonore Gewessler and Governor Hans Peter Doskozil on the topic of ‘Energy transition - local and regional as part of a larger whole’.
of a larger whole’.
At the subsequent KlimaFair, Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and Forschung Burgenland took the opportunity to present themselves as an innovative university and research institution. Forschung Burgenland Managing Director Marcus Keding explained the role that Forschung Burgenland plays in the future of energy.
The two research projects Hercules-CE and ‘Raus aus Öl und Gas - Wärmewende Eisenstadt & Umgebung’ are also focussing on the energy transition. The project managers Carina Halper, Marion Schönfeldinger and Ina Tomaschitz presented the innovative energy projects.
Workshops were another item on the ClimateDialogue programme: Marcus Hofmann and Markus Puchegger from Forschung Burgenland contributed with a keynote speech. The topics: ‘The regional
energy transition as the key to climate neutrality: prospects for Burgenland’ and ’Research Burgenland - Energy Community Neudörfl + RES2 Community research project’
