Press conference with Austria´s federal minister Mr. Mitterlehner in Scharndorf
(June 21th, 2010)
Austria´s federal minister Mr. Mitterlehner was invited for the press conference on finalising the construction of the 12th wind energy plan by raiffeisen-leasing and IGW. The expansion of further wind energy plants was enabled by the finalisation of the legal framework. As a consequence the referring wind energy plant has been the first new one after two years.
Finalising Wind energy plant 12 in Scharndorf
(June 17th, 2010)
PROFES is responsible for the enlargement of the wind park in Scharndorf. As a great success PROFES finalised the construction of the 12th wind energy plant. From July on the wind energy plant will produce environmentally-friendly electricity for approximately 1.800 households and save 4.500 tons of carbond dioxid.
Day of the Wind on Sunday, June 13th, 2010
(June 16th, 2010)"
Raiffeisen-Leasing, IGW, PROFES and the Stixer-winemakers organised a "Wind-Wine-Field-Trip" on the global day of the wind. Particiapants met for hiking, wine tasting and driving E-Mobiles in Stixneusiedl.
Espanding wind energy parks Berg and Scharndorf: ground works and basements are ready!
(May 15th, 2010)
The basements and ground construction works are finalised for two addtional wind energy plants in Scharndorf and Berg shortly after the construction was started. For each basement 50 tons armouring irons and more than 400m² concrete have been sealed.
Wind Park Pischelsdorf: Positiv environmental impact assessment for 13 wind energy plants
(May 5th, 2010)
A positive environmental impact assessment for the wind park Pischelsdorf was issued by the authority. This official notification is a very important milestone for the realisation of this project.
Final phase of green pipe
(March 23rd, 2010)
The project green pipe, co-supported by PROFES, entered the final phase. PROFES is looking forward on a continuation of the project and a follow-up assignment: The examination of systematically using waste heat for the cooling of cooling-water by adsorption-/absorption cooling machines in combination of free cooling.
Enlargement of the wind parks Berg and Scharndorf
(February 26th, 2010)
As a consequence of establishing a new renewable energy feed-in tariff additional wind turbines of the type Vestas V90-2 MW will be built up in the wind parks Berg and Scharndorf. As a matter of fact the comprehensive and detailed advance planning has been worthwile. Both PROFES and Raiffeisen-Leasing are looking forward to the construction of the wind turbines this summer.
certified pv-technician and -designer graduation
(October 22nd,2009)
Our employees Rupert Wychera und Markus Puchegger successfully completed their training as certified photovoltaic-technicians and -designers at the Austrian Institute of Technology (arsenal research). Our customers will directly benefit due to this highly specialised training classes by additional competence and highly skilled employees.
Weather forecast online
(October 13, 2009)
At our site operational details current weather forecasts for the wind parks are available.
Meeting the minister for environmental affairs Niki Berlakovich
(October 9th,2009)
In Stixneusiedl, close to the windpark Trautmannsdorf, representatives of Raiffeisen-Leasing, IG-Windkraft and PROFES met the minister for environmental affaires Berlakovich. He supported the enforced use of wind energy in Austria - for more details please refer to www.igwindkraft.at
KLIEN: Tendering, designing and construction of 5 KW pv-plants
(October 2nd, 2009)
PROFES has successfully achieved subsidies and financial support for the KLIEN-tender, which applied for pv-plants having up to 5 kw and will be located in Vienna and Lower Austria. Therefore PROFES had to collect and prepare the required documents and was responsible for the whole tendering process. As a result PROFES is going to be responsible for the upcoming detailed planning and realisation of the project.
Co-operation with the Energy Exchange Austria EXAA
(September 2nd, 2009)
PROFES is looking forward to a new collaboration with the Energy Exchange Austria EXAA. EXAA organises a presentation on the Austrian and European energy markets, called teem, from 12th to 15th October 2009. Within this event PROFES is going to design one afternoon on a "green electricity" workshop.
Due to the success of the company the team of PROFES is continously growing. Therefore the headquarter had to be moved to a larger office having a new business adress:
Lorenz-Mandl-Gasse 50, 1160 Wien - New telefax: +43 (0)1 486 80 80 - 99 The telephon number remained the same: +43 (0)1 486 80 80 - 0
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Enlargement of the wind parks in Scharndorf and Berg
(July 15th, 2009)
After heavy negotiations with authorities all permits for errecting one additional wind energy plant of the type Vestas V90 2MW at the wind parks Scharndorf and Berg have been accepted and signed. However, the renewable energy sources act not yet in place prevents the erection of these new wind energy plants - a decision by the political leaders is necessary and very urgent!
Wind-Wine field trip enjoying heavy sunshine
(June 14th, 2009)
Raiffeisen-Leasing, PROFES and the region´s wine-makers of Stixneusiedl, Lower Austria, organised a wind-wine-hike through the wind parks. More than 100 participants joined and enjoyed the day with hiking, tasting wine, attending a quiz game and electro-biking. The day ended at one of the region´s popular "Heurigen" - restaurants serving local wines and other local specialities.
Photovoltacis design contract by EVN-Naturkraft for Italy
(June 4th, 2009)
EVN-Naturkraft assigned PROFES to support the planning of a photovoltaics project in Italy. PROFES will be responsible for the technical concept, designing the tendering process, the medium und long term strategy and last but not least carrying out the operative tasks. Finally PROFES is responsible for calculating the profit-yield and doing the acceptance tests.
Design contracts for a PV and a wind energy project for sites in Bulgaria
(June 1st, 2009)
The company Peterkom assigned PROFES to do a site evaluation for a photovoltaics and a wind energy project in west Bulgeria, Vrana. The evaluated site´s potential for photovoltaics will be up to 100 MW and in addition for at least 19 MW wind turbines.
Martin Krill elected to IGW-board of directors
(May 14th, 2009)
The annual general meeting of the Austrian Wind Energy Association (IGW, www.igwindkraft.at) elected DI Martin Krill, managing director of Profes, to its board of directors. Martin Krill has been acting as a spokesperson for the company´s advisory council for many years and is honoured to enjoy the Austrian Wind Energy Association´s trust and is looking forward to this new challenging assignment.
Run for freedom 2009 around Vienna´s town hall
(April 25th, 2009)
More than 2000 interested people ran for freedom at a sunny Saturday, themed "I run, you donate, we help". Earnings of this project will help variuos charitable projects for children. PROFES is glad for participating in this event. Join us and run with us the next time.
Energy consulting for a church - Kalvarienbergkirche
(Januery 1st, 2009)
PROFES analysed the current energy situation and negotiated with different energy suppliers. Afterwards the parish council decided to change the heat supply from gas to district heating and to switch the energy supplier. PROFES supported savings to the parish´s budget and the trend to an ecologically energy supply.
(December 2nd, 2008)
At this year´s award for the best energy-efficient projects, PROFES won the competition on "Climate: active, energy-efficient companies".
(Photo: Austrian energy agency)
(September 22nd, 2008)
The wind park Scharndorf with its 11 wind turbines is currently being inspected for the final approval: baseplate, tower, engine house with gear-endoscopy,rotor blade, e-technic. PROFES highly appreciates being part of this successful project by having conducted the wind park`s operational management for 5 years in charge of Raiffeisen-Leasing.
Start of the E2020 project
(September 1st, 2008)
PROFES is developing a new technology for optimising and using wasted heat for plastics processing -especially focusing on the re-cooling process- in a consortium with poloplast, Vienna University of Technology and Cincinnati.
Verbund ARP: New assignment for planning a photo-voltaic plant in Spain
(July 24th, 2008)
PROFES will be in charge for planning a second photo-voltaic-plant in Spain having a yearly production of approximately 1.5 million kWh. The design contract includes the technical assessment as well as output calculation and rendering expert opinions.
see Verbund ARP news item for further details (only available in German)
(June 29th, 2008)
PROFES, Raiffeisen-Leasing and the Energy Park Bruck organize and arrange a Wind-Wine-hike across the wind parks Trautmannsdorf and Bruck within the course of the European Wind Day. Around 150 hiker and biker were in best spirits and enjoy the tour and the fine weather.
Verbund ARP: New contracts in the Photovoltaics and Wind Sector
(March 25th, 2008)
Verbund Austria Renewable Power has commissioned PROFES to carry out two further services: The photovoltaics design contract includes the technical assessment, earnings calculation, negotiations support and defining criteria for taking-over a 2 MW PV-project in South Europe. Additionally the wind design contract deals with carrying out a market analysis in two European countries.
Kick-off: Energy efficiency project ´Factory of the Future`
(February, 29th, 2008)
The institute for engineering design (Ecodesign) at the Vienna Universitiy of Technology and PROFES are developing standards for energy measurements, efficiency criteria and energy labels for plastic processing machines in cooperation with industrial partners.
(November, 28th, 2007)
The technical project assessment in the biomass sector establishes the basis for a mutually valuable and advantageous, long-term cooperation. The very ambitious efforts of our new project partner are totally aligned with our company concept.
(November 4th, 2007)
PROFES in cooperation with Cincinnati Extrusion presented their energy services at the world's largest plastics processing fair K'07 in Düsseldorf (GER). PROFES offers services ranging from energy measurement of industrial processes and energy concepts to managing ECODESIGN for energy-efficient products.
(July 4th, 2007)
Continued education is the basis for sustainable success - according to this motto PROFES employess participated a 4-semester mediation education and a certified "photovoltaic engineer and technician" training program. We are looking forward to a beneficial cooperation in these two areas.
---> Our team
Energy efficiency: Order from Cincinnati Extrusion
(May 16th, 2007)
Cincinnati Extrusion, a manufacturer of plastics processing machinery, assigned PROFES with the implementation of its development project to build the most energy efficient machines in its market. The tasks for PROFES include project planning, status analysis, evaluation and definition of measures.
Wind park Trautmannsdorf: Security practice with fire brigades
(October 13th, 2006)
Despite the assumed dangerous date (Friday the 13th) several fire men of Trautmannsdorf, Sarasdorf, Gallbrunn and Berg participated in a security practice organised by PROFES and Vestas. After the successful practice, everybody has been enthusiastic about the sophisticated installation engineering and the very high security standards.
Handing over an ambulance vehicle to the Red Cross
(August 27th, 2006)
A brand new ambulance vehicle has been blessed and handed over during the red cross summer festivities. PROFES as a sponsor is delighted being able to assist in the financing, and wishes the action forces accident-free operations in all emergency cases.
Civic partizipation: Trautmannsdorf and Velm-Götzendorf - big success
(May 8th, 2006)
The civic partizipation, which was offered by Raiffeisen-Leasing for the wind parks in Trautmannsdorf and Velm-Götzendorf, was a big success. About 2 Mio. Euro were subscribed by the citizens of the communities surrounding the wind parks.
