Austria Waste-to-energy - Biographies

Heinz Encic - AE&E Austrian Energy & Environment

Heinz Encic is Austrian Energy & Environment’s project and proposal manager for the European market for the combustion of biomass and waste in fluidised bed boilers.

Michael Harasek - Vienna University of Technology

Michael Harasek is Head of the Working Group for Computational Fluid Dynamics & Thermal Process Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. In 2005, he won the Dr. Ernst-Fehrer-Preis for his work on biogas upgrading and injection into the gas grid.

Robin Harper - Green Member of the Scottish Parliament

Robin Harper was elected as the UKs first ever Green Parliamentarian in the Scottish Parliament elections in May 1999 and has been representing the Lothians as a MSP since then. He is Convener of the Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.

Robert Lackner is Thöni Industriebetriebe GmbH’s Project Leader in the field of biogas production through fermentation of renewable resources and biogenic residues. He is responsible for Thöni’s market activities in the UK.

Franz Neubacher - Managing Director, UV&P

Franz Neubacher is the Managing Director of the Austrian company UV&P, a leading provider of consulting and technical engineering services for waste management/ treatment projects in Austria. He has extensive knowledge of Austrian and European technologies and has worked on various comparative studies.