Mag.(FH) Dr.Natalie Prüggler

Natalie Prüggler completed her doctorate in 2013 at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in Social and Economic Sciences with a focus on energy economics. She previously completed the diploma programme in International Business and Management at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol. Her dissertation, “Current and future challenges of the electricity supply system: Economic Analyses in the Smart Grids Context”, was prepared, among others, at the Chair of Industry, Energy and Environment at the University of Vienna and in cooperation with Natural Resources Canada in Montréal.

Her professional experience includes positions at PwC, the Energy Community Secretariat, Austrian Power Grid AG, the Austrian Institute of Technology and the Institute for Renewable Energy at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. As a research associate, project manager and lecturer, she worked on and led numerous national and international research, consulting and funding projects in the fields of smart grids, smart cities, integration of renewable energies, demand side management, electricity storage, markets, regulation, economic evaluation and business models.

Since 2013, she has been managing partner of MOOSMOAR Energies OG. Her focus is on the development, management and implementation of research, innovation and consulting projects at the interface of energy, climate, sustainability, technology, regional development, natural hazard and risk management, and climate change adaptation. Since 2017, she has managed the KLAR! Zukunftsregion Ennstal and initiated practical awareness-raising, prevention and implementation projects with municipalities, emergency organisations, research partners and regional stakeholders.

Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr.Wolfgang Prüggler

Wolfgang Prüggler is Managing Director at MOOSMOAR Energies OG. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at Technische Universität Wien and holds a Ph.D in Energy Economics, a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Computer Science Management. In May 2010 he finished his Ph.D with the thesis „Business models for active distribution grid management - development and economic impact analysis“.

Since 2006 he is project leader in many national and international research projects focusing on smart-grid related business modelling, economic evaluation of grid integration of renewables, e-mobility development and system integration, and cost-benefit analysis of sustainable energy projects. From July to December 2010 he conducted a research stay in Montréal-Canada and cooperated with Natural Resources Canada - Varennes Research Center in the area of load management and electricity storage.

In August 2013 he founded MOOSMOAR Energies OG together with his wife Natalie Prüggler and serves as Managing Director.