50 Years International Energy Agency

Founded in 1974 in response to the oil crisis, the International Energy Agency plays an important role today in shaping a clean, secure and sustainable energy future. As one of the founding members, Austria has been actively involved from the start in numerous technology programmes and projects, and benefits from exchanging knowledge at the international level.

Content overview

• 50 Years IEA Collaboration in Research
  The technology network for a changing energy future
• Austria's role in the International Energy Agency technology network
• Milestones in energy research
• Topic: High-temperature heat pumps
  and their use in industrial processes and district heating networks
• Topic: Cooling buildings
  Energy-efficient and climateneutral technologies
• Topic: Hybrid energy networks
  New concepts for energy storage systems
• Topic: Social acceptance
  The users' perspective
• Topic: Bioenergy
  Environmentally-friendly use of biogenic raw materials
• Topic: Areas of flexibility in the energy system
  Potentials and market mechanisms