IGTC16: The Proceedings Are Now Available!

The 8th International Gas Turbine Conference took place on 12 and 13 October 2016 in Brussels.
The proceedings of all keynote and technical sessions are now available on this website, together with the photos of this high-level events that gathered about 160 top-level professional, experts, policy makers and researchers from the whole chain value of the gas turbine technology.

IGTC 2016: Senior Executives And Experts From The Whole Value Chain Of Gas Turbines Gathered In One Place!

On 12th and 13th October 2016 in Brussels, ETN organises the 8th International Gas Turbine Conference. This event is a worldwide reference in the gas turbine community and will gather top level policy-makers, experts and senior executives from manufacturers, suppliers, end-users and R&D community.

EU Policy: Clean Energy Package Unveiled

The European Commission has unveiled on 30 November its Clean Energy Package, to move towards the completion of its Energy Union priority.

New Communications And Policy Manager At ETN

Thibault Boutherin has been appointed as the new Communications and Policy Manager at the ETN office in Brussels, replacing Dominique Cornut from Thursday 1 September 2016. Thibault has been working in public affairs and institutional communications for 8 years, in Paris and London. He has worked as a parliamentary assistant with French MP Jack Lang and at the French ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment before serving as the Communications and Policy Advisor to the President of the oldest employers’ organisation in France, Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants d’entreprise (CJD). He then launched his own consultancy, operating at local, national and European levels in France and in the UK for business organisations, institutions, local authorities, political campaigns and industry-related events. Thibault holds two MAs in European affairs from IEP/Sciences-Po Paris and the College of Europe (Natolin) as well as a BA in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages from Langues’O (Paris). For ETN, he will be in charge of internal and external communications, the organisation of our events and conferences and he will make sure that ETN strategically monitors the relevant policies and the EU Affairs at large, together with ETN’s Managing Director, Christer Björkqvist and the team in the office.
Contact: tb@etn-gasturbine.eu

ETN Represented In The ETIP “Renewable Heating & Cooling”

The ETIP “Renewable Heating & Cooling” (RHC) brings together stakeholders from the biomass, geothermal and solar thermal sector – including the related industries such as District Heating and Cooling, Thermal Energy Storage, Hybrid Systems and Heat Pumps – to define a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling.

EU Sustainable Energy Week Event: “Micro Gas Turbines Put A New Spin On Green Energy Production”

On 15 June 2016, ETN, COGEN, AEBIOM and the Renewable Heating & Cooling Platform, will organise a policy session entitled “Micro-Gas Turbines put a new spin on green energy production” during the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). The objective of this session is to highlight and discuss how Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) technology in a system approach can contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy system. The session also aims to raise awareness, present and evaluate current technology development and future opportunities for the reliable and environmentally-friendly combined generation of heating/cooling and power based on the micro gas turbine (MGT) technology integrated with solar and biomass energy sources.

ETN President’s Speech At The Annual General Meeting 2016

At ETN’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) that took place on 26 April 2016 in Prague, the President of the ETN Board, Bernard Quoix (Total), made an introduction speech and highlighted what has been achieved since ETN’s last AGM in Dublin in April 2015 as well as his vision for the future.

ETN’s Input To Issue Paper 9 On CCS And CCU

On 22 April, ETN provided comments to the European Commission on the New Integrated SET-Plan (Issue Paper 9 on CCS and CCU).

ETN’s Input To Issue Paper 4: Energy Systems

On 8 April, ETN submitted some comments to the European Commission on the New Integrated SET-Plan, where we stress the importance of a holistic approach in the future energy systems.

SITUATION IN BRUSSELS

Please note that the ETN team is safe. We would like to thank all our members and colleagues for their concerns and messages. ETN feels very sorry for the families and friends of the victims of these terrible attacks in Brussels.