{"id":11633,"date":"2026-09-11T10:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/?p=11633"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:42:17","slug":"holzpreis-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/2026\/09\/11\/holzpreis-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Holzpreis 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biomasseverband.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Austrian Biomass Association<\/strong><\/a> is recognizing outstanding projects, innovative solutions, and exceptional achievements in the field of wood energy for the fourth time in <strong>2026<\/strong>. Under the motto <strong>\u201cGood Heat Grows Back\u201d<\/strong>, projects can be submitted until <strong>30 September<\/strong> in <strong>three categories<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1) Pellets<\/strong>: Projects along the wood pellet value chain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2) Bioheat Installations<\/strong>: Projects involving Bioheat Partner\u00ae installations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3) Energy Wood<\/strong>: Innovative solutions for the fuel supply chain involving wood chips and firewood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; <strong>Special Award for Security of Energy Supply<\/strong>: Innovative approaches to ensuring an independent, regional energy supply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Target Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies, organizations, and project managers who have <strong>implemented a project between 2024 and 2026<\/strong> in one of the above categories or are <strong>currently implementing one<\/strong> are eligible to apply. Submissions are open to both companies and private individuals. Projects will be evaluated based on quality, sustainability, innovation, security of supply, and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prizes and Winners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize money amounts to <strong>EUR 1,000 per category<\/strong> and will be <strong>donated to a charitable organization selected by the respective winners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury includes representatives from the wood energy sector as well as other experts. The winners will be honored at an official award ceremony. In addition, the projects will be presented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oekoenergie.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u00d6koenergie <\/strong><\/a>newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit a project, applicants must download a questionnaire from the Austrian Biomass Association\u2019s website, complete it, and send it to the following email address: <a href=\"mailto:holzenergiepreis@biomasseverband.at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">holzenergiepreis@biomasseverband.at<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information is available at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biomasseverband.at\/holzenergiepreis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holzpreis 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:de]Jetzt einreichen![:en]Submit now![:]<\/p>\n<div class=\"bea_cf bea_cf_img_excerpt\">\u00a9 pexels \/ UMUT<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-netzwerk"],"acf":{"gelbes_kasterl":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11633"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11640,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633\/revisions\/11640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioeconomy-austria.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}