Ecoplus – Bioeconomy Austria

The Lower Austrian Platform for Green Transformation & Bioeconomy, managed by the region’s Business Agency ecoplus, aims to position Lower Austria as a European model region for bioeconomy, green transformation, and circular economy.
It connects key stakeholders from business, science, and public administration and helps providing information, disseminating knowledge, and fostering structured collaboration. In research and innovation projects, these stakeholders develop targeted solutions in a collaborative way.

The platform’s mission is to promote sustainable value creation in the region by developing and implementing bio-based solutions, visualising available technologies and material flows, and supporting innovation processes along relevant value chains. The platform actively supports and accompanies the transformation of Lower Austrian companies towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy.

ecoplus has played a key role in shaping and implementing the Bioeconomy Austria initiative. As the hub for innovation and project development, it has identified regional needs, explored technological approaches and initiated new innovation projects. Expert events and workshops – for example on bio-based adhesives or the use of lignin as a material – have helped connect businesses with research institutions and led to the development of several research and innovation projects.

ecoplus has also contributed significantly to building the Bioeconomy Austria brand and helped establish it as the national bioeconomy cluster. This work has supported the alignment of regional priorities with national strategies and strengthened networking at the European level.

In the current phase of the project, the platform is involved in several key work packages. These include coordinating a national initiative to promote renewable gases, contributing to solutions for using bio-based material flows in CCU/CCS, developing model circular systems for urban centres and industrial zones and participating in a project to identify and monitor bio-based resources and technologies.

You can contact Fabian Huber, Junior Project Manager of the ecoplus Platform for Green Transformation & Bioeconomy, directly using the form below.

The ecoplus Platform for Green Transformation & Bioeconomy is co-financed by the European Union through the project “Lower Austrian Innovation Ecosystem”.

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