SYNERGETICS – Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping
Inland and coastal shipping face great challenges with respect to a significant reduction of greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions resulting from the requirements stipulated in the European Green Deal and the Taxonomy Regulation as well as the fact that improved environmental performance has become a feature of ever-increasing importance to the sector in order to remain competitive. SYNERGETICS is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action, a particularly application-oriented collaborative project looking at ways to reduce emissions in inland and coastal shipping through retrofit solutions.
LIFE Boat 4 Sturgeon
The overall objective of this LIFE project is to help save the four remaining Danube sturgeon species from extinction: the Sterlet, the Waxdick, the Sternhausen and the Hausen.
Integrated River Engineering Project on the Danube East of Vienna – Catalogue of Measures
On the free-flowing Danube east of Vienna, hydraulic engineering measures are being implemented to stabilise the falling water levels, preserve unique habitats in the Danube floodplains and align the waterway infrastructure with the requirements of safe and economic Danube navigation. In order to achieve these goals, maintenance activities are carried out on an ongoing basis and hydraulic engineering optimisation projects are implemented.
Further projects
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Inland and coastal shipping face great challenges with respect to a significant reduction of greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions resulting from the requirements stipulated in the European Green Deal and the Taxonomy Regulation as well as the fact that improved environmental performance has become a feature of ever-increasing importance to the sector in order to remain competitive. SYNERGETICS is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action, a particularly application-oriented collaborative project looking at ways to reduce emissions in inland and coastal shipping through retrofit solutions.
- started 2022
The overall objective of this LIFE project is to help save the four remaining Danube sturgeon species from extinction: the Sterlet, the Waxdick, the Sternhausen and the Hausen.
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Preparation and planning for ecological bank restoration, implementation of pilot measures and smaller immediate measures for bank protection.
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Rehabilitation of damaged and necessary or dismantling of damaged and no longer necessary steps and gauges dating from the time of power plant construction (1980s) in the Altenwörth and Greifenstein reservoirs in accordance with an internally and externally agreed concept / needs assessment carried out.
- started 2021
Das im LIFE Programm geförderte Projekt stellt die „wilden Inseln“ der Donau in den Mittelpunkt. Donauweit sollen ökologisch besonders hochwertige Inselstrukturen renaturiert und/oder naturnahe erhalten werden, damit diese ihre wichtige Funktion als ökologischen Trittsteine im Donaukorridor erfüllen können. viadonau wertet Inselstrukturen in der Nationalparkstrecke auf. viadonau renaturiert Inselstrukturen in der Nationalparkstrecke.
- started 2021
MERLIN (“Maximising synergies of Ecological Restoration in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation”) ist ein Horizon 2020 Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt im Rahmen des Green Deal der Europäischen Union. 44 Partner aus ganz Europa arbeiten gemeinsam an wirkungsvollen Methoden, um EU-Ziele im Zusammenhang mit der Biodiversitäts- und der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie zu unterstützen. viadonau bringt dabei Know-How zur Renaturierung von Wasserstraßen ein und steuert als Pilotvorhaben einen Uferrückbau bei.
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PLATINA3 supports the European Commission in its activities to promote inland navigation in Europe. PLATINA3 makes important contributions to the further development of the European Action Programme for the Promotion of Inland Waterway Transport (NAIADES) and the future research funding programme Horizon Europe.
- started 2020
The project’s objectives are the illustration of the effects of climate change in regard to the river Morava and the implementation of measures to improve the rivers water regime at the delta. Thus, the natural habitats in the floodplain forests and the river itself will benefit. The water level will be raised during times with low precipitation to guarantee continuous water flow in the river bed. As a result, the planned area will be available sustainably and the ecological value will increase.
- started 2020
The project’s objectives are the illustration of the effects of climate change in regard to the river Morava and the implementation of measures to improve the rivers water regime at the delta. Thus, the natural habitats in the floodplain forests and the river itself will benefit. The water level will be raised during times with low precipitation to guarantee continuous water flow in the river bed. As a result, the planned area will be available sustainably and the ecological value will increase.
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The study "Preparing FAIRway 2 works in the Rhine-Danube corridor" (07/2020-04/2024) aims to further develop the Danube waterway infrastructure in a sustainable, efficient and user-oriented way. It takes up core aspects from "FAIRway Danube" and prepares them for implementation in the planned follow-up project "FAIRway Danube 2" (from 2022). The study will be implemented together with Croatia and Serbia under the leadership of Austria.