Green Tech Guide 2017/18
Welcome to the Green Tech Valley The showcase region in southern Austria, more commonly known by its nickname as the Green Tech Valley, is ranked as the world’s No. 1 region for energy and environmental technology and with an R & D ratio of 5.16% it is a leading region for research in Europe. You can gain a feel for this concentration of innovative power in the enclosed Green Tech Valley Guide. Contained in its 180 pages, you will find over 400 cutting-edge technologies from SMEs and large leading companies. This makes it an ideal companion guide for any projects or collaboration, where leading, high-quality Green Technology innovation and products are required.
Welcome to the Green Tech Valley
The showcase region in southern Austria, more commonly known by its nickname as the Green Tech Valley, is ranked as the world’s No. 1 region for energy and environmental technology and with an R & D ratio of 5.16% it is a leading region for research in Europe. You can gain a feel for this concentration of innovative power in the enclosed Green Tech Valley Guide.
Contained in its 180 pages, you will find over 400 cutting-edge technologies from SMEs and large leading companies. This makes it an ideal companion guide for any projects or collaboration, where leading, high-quality Green Technology innovation and products are required.
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World’s 1 st<br />
in <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
The region of Styria, Austria, is<br />
home to more than 200 companies<br />
and research facilities on the green<br />
tech sector. Here more than 21,700<br />
people are developing the green<br />
innovations of tomorrow. With<br />
20 global technological leaders,<br />
the region provides the world’s<br />
highest concentration in the<br />
areas of hydropower, bioenergy,<br />
solar energy, waste and resource<br />
management and green buildings<br />
within an hour’s drive away. Thus,<br />
American journalists nicknamed<br />
it the “<strong>Green</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Valley” as the<br />
global hotspot for advanced energy<br />
and environmental technologies<br />
and proven growth through<br />
innovation.<br />
Pioneering for over 100 years<br />
The <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Valley has an<br />
impressive record in cutting-edge<br />
green technologies that goes<br />
back over 100 years: Several past<br />
inventors, such as Nikola Tesla,<br />
have worked in Graz, and Styrian<br />
inventor, Viktor Kaplan invented<br />
6<br />
the breakthrough technology for<br />
hydroelectric power. Solar thermal<br />
energy started its successful market<br />
advance here in the 1970s, while<br />
pioneers in recycling technology<br />
come from Styria. Ever since then<br />
the region, which is known as the<br />
"green heart of Europe", has always<br />
been synonymous with innovative,<br />
forward-thinking enterprises that<br />
are committed to environmental<br />
technology. Current world firsts<br />
include the first tidal lagoon power<br />
plant, the first large scale green<br />
brewery and the first tower with<br />
transparent energy glass.<br />
20<br />
core green tech<br />
turnover in gross<br />
regional product<br />
global green tech<br />
leaders within an<br />
hour’s drive- more<br />
than anywhere else<br />
11%
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