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Winter 2017 European Energy Innovation 51
ENERGY AUSTRIA
technologies. All Austrian households Due to its extremely high innovation
shall be equipped with intelligent potential, Austria is one of the leading
meters, also known as smart meters, countries in the field of environmental
in the years ahead. Further, the city of technologies. In 2011, Austrian green
Vienna ranks on the third place in the technologies were exported to 51
Smart Cities Index of the US-American percent into third countries and 49
climate strategist Boyd Cohen. The first percent into the EU. In addition,
plus-energy office building in Vienna Austria has a particularly high number
with energy savings of up to 90 percent of environmental patents and is, for
and sophisticated skyscraper faces example, successful in implementing
ensuring perfect room temperature is ecological projects in the oil and gas
one of several international acclaimed industry. Austria is a respected pioneer
showcase projects. in the field of renewable energies,
a leader in solar and wind energy,
These best practices testify the need hydropower, biomass and geothermal
for economic incentives and a long energy.
term legal framework to contribute
to the energy transformation. Around 80% of the electricity
Nonetheless, some parts of the generated in Austria already covered
Austrian economy will suffer financially. by renewable energies. This puts
The environmental technology industry Austria at the undisputed pole position
sector is more internationalised than among 28 Member States of the
the Austrian economy as a whole. European Union. l
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