Annual General Meeting and Workshop 2025

Energy & Turbomachinery Network’s (ETN) 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Workshop will take place on 25-27 March 2025 at Grand Bergen Conference Center in Bergen, Norway, co-hosted by our member Equinor.

The AGM and Workshop is a dynamic 2.5-day event that unites representatives from across our entire community. Participants include users, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, research institutes, and universities. The event offers invaluable opportunities to explore the latest technological developments, understand evolving user needs, connect with leading experts, foster partnerships, and uncover new business opportunities.

In addition to amazing site visits organised by our co-host Equinor to Northern Lights project and Technology Center Mongstad, sharing updates on ETN Global’s annual activities and plans for 2025, the AGM and Workshop will feature meaningful discussions as well as interactive sessions that will help shape the future of our industry. Join us to engage, collaborate, and drive innovation in the energy & turbomachinery sector.

This event is sponsored by:

25 March - Agenda

Preliminary agenda – 25 March 2025

11:30: Departure from Vågen, Bergen
12:45: Arrival at Northern Lights (NL) -> group split in two (visitor center/see NL from boat)
14:00: Departure for Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) (50 min)
14:50: Arrival TCM/Mongstad -> Bus transport to test center (5 min)
16:30: Departure for Bergen
18:15: Arrival back in Vågen, Bergen

On 25 March 2025, ETN Global’s Annual General Meeting & Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to visit the NL site via a boat from Bergen (~1hr) where a project presentation will be followed by a visit to the receiving terminal next door.

The location we will visit is the CO₂ receiving terminal where the gas is received via ship and intermediately stored in large steel tanks before it is piped offshore to be permanently sequestered in saline aquifers approximately 3000 m below the seabed.

Read more about the two sites further on the webpage.

26 March - Agenda

Preliminary agenda – 26 March

08:30-10:30: Project Board, Board & Young Engineers Committee meetings
10:30-11:00: Coffee break & expo
08:30-11:00: Registration of attendees
11:00-12:30: Annual General Meeting
12:30-13:45: Lunch & expo
13:45-14:05: Keynote:“Global market overview and gas turbine sector needs”
14:05-14:20: Presentation & quiz: ETN Global 2025 Technical Objectives and Roadmaps
14:20-15:05: Presentations:
- User Groups: Status and Outlook
- Young Engineers Committee
15:05-15:15: Signing ceremony of the “Hydrogen GT Enclosure” ETN Global industrial project
15:15-15:45: Coffee break & expo
15:45-16:40: Panel session: ETN Global Working groups – objectives and initiatives 2025
16:40-17:30: Interactive sessions: ETN Global Working groups – availability of resources & knowledge
17:30-17:45: Closing remarks: Simon Balmer, ETN Global President/Uniper
19:00-21:00: Dinner at Galleri Nygaten sponsored by Equinor

27 March - Agenda

Preliminary agenda – 27 March

08:00-10:00: Parallel sessions:
- 08:00-10:00: Training session: Hydrogen Safety
- 09:00-10:00: Panel session: “Carbon capture and exhaust gas recirculation: challenges and opportunities for a GT decarbonisation pathway”
10:00-10:30: Coffee break & expo
10:30-12:00: Parallel sessions:
- Panel session: ETN Global EU-funded & industry-funded projects – lessons learnt/requirements/needs
- Training session: Cybersecurity
12:00-12:30: Keynote: “Challenges and opportunities in Equinor’s decarbonisation journey”, Jalal Fahadi, VP Thermal Power – Low Carbon Business Area, Equinor
12:30-13:30: Lunch & expo
13:30-14:00: Key-takeaways & cloding remarks

Northern Lights project

The Northern Lights project

The Northern Lights (NL) project is the world’s first to commercialize CO₂ transport and storage as a service and the onshore site is located 50 km NV of Bergen. The aim is to help industry stop CO₂emissions and to provide a safe and permanent storage option for the gas in the subsurface of the Norwegian Continental shelf.

The NL is funded by the government of Norway and jointly operated by Equinor, Total Energies and Shall in a JV. The receiving terminal was completed in Q4, 2024 and the first batch of CO2 from the Brevik Cement plant is expected in 2025.

Visit the project website for more information: Northern Lights project.

Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM)

TCM is the world’s largest post-combustion CO2 capture test center, driving a competitive carbon capture market. It provides facilities for final-stage technology testing before commercialisation, supports developers, shares knowledge, and offers advisory services.

Key features:

Industrial environment: Two flue gas sources (1–20% CO2), 24/7 operations, 18,000 tons CO2/year capacity, and parallel technology testing.
Analytical & laboratory capabilities: Sophisticated analytical methods and a state-of-the-art laboratory.
Technology readiness level: Starting at TRL 3+, modular technologies are de-risked before full-scale deployment.

Visit the website for more information: Technology Centre Mongstad | Test centre for CO2 capture

Venue

ETN Global 2025 Annual General Meeting & Workshop will take place at Gran Bergen conference center in Bergen, Norway:

– Conference Centre: Grand Bergen

– Address: Nedre Ole Bulls plass 1, 5012 Bergen, Norway

Hotel

ETN Global has negotiated preferential rate at Clarion Hotel Admiralen, which is at a walking distance from the event venue Grand Bergen (8mins walk):

– Hotel: Clarion Hotel Admiralen