Press Release: ETN Global Board election 2024

On 17 April 2024 newly elected ETN Global Board of Directors appointed Simon Balmer, Operations Director – Gas Turbine Fleet at Uniper as as the Chairman and President of ETN Global. Simon Balmer will be supported by the Vice President Hege Rognø (Equinor), and the Board members Andy Williams (Chromalloy), Laure Veyradier (TotalEnergies), Sigrid Gijbels […]

Press Release: HyPowerGT project launched – co-funded by EU and Swiss Confederation, and supported by Clean Hydrogen Partnership

HyPowerGT project is co-funded by the European Union and the Swiss Confederation and supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership (GA 101136656). It is a 48-months project which commenced in January 2024. HyPower GT project aims at moving technological frontiers to enable gas turbines to operate on hydrogen guaranteeing low NOx emissions without catalytics and diluents. […]

Press Release: ETN transforms into Energy & Turbomachinery Network

ETN unveils an official name change, transforming from European Turbine Network into Energy & Turbomachinery Network; retaining the abbreviated name – ETN Global. The change has been ratified at ETN’s Annual General Meeting in London earlier in 2023 with unanimous support from the attendees. Pedro Lopez, the President of ETN Global, expressed his enthusiasm toward […]

Press Release: ETN launches a new initiative on Gas Turbine Life Assessment and Extension

ETN announces the launch of the Gas Turbine Life Assessment and Extension Working Group, which will aim to tackle the challenges associated with extending the life of gas turbine components, with a specific focus on critical parts such as hot gas path components, rotors, and compressors. More information about the Gas Turbine Life Assessment and […]

Press release: EU and Swiss-funded FLEX4H2 project launched!

The FLEX4H2 project is jointly funded by the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Framework Programme under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership (GA No. 101101427) and the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). It is a 48-months project with an overall budget of approximately EUR […]

Press release: ETN Board election 2022 results

Pedro Lopez, Chief Operating Officer, Asset Operations within Uniper has been re-elected as President of ETN Global at the Annual General Meeting on 29 March 2022 by the newly elected ETN Board of Directors.  

Press release: EU-funded CO2OLHEAT launched

The “CO2OLHEAT” project – Supercritical CO2 power cycles demonstration in Operational environment Locally valorising industrial Waste Heat – started officially on 1 June 2021. The project, funded by the EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020 (G.A.101022831), has an overall budget of approximately €18,8 mil. and will run for four years, between June 2021 and […]

Press release: ETN Board election – two OEM representatives join ETN Board

Two OEM representatives joined the ETN Board of Directors in October 2020. Paul F Browning, Chief Regional Officer Europe, Africa, Middle East and Americas at Mitsubishi Power, and Uwe Kaltwasser, Regional Project Development Manager at Siemens Energy, were elected by ETN’s General Assembly, and will serve the ETN Board for 2020-2022.  

Press release: Launch Horizon 2020 project “ROBINSON”

ROBINSON will focus on developing integrated energy solutions to decarbonise islands The Horizon 2020 project ROBINSON – Smart integration of local energy sources and innovative storage for flexible, secure and cost-efficient energy supply on industrialized islands – has officially started on 1 October 2020. The project, funded by the EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon […]

Press Release: New leadership within ETN Global

Pedro Lopez, Chief Operating Officer – Asset Operations within Uniper, was appointed as the Chairman and President of ETN on 30 June 2020 by the newly elected ETN Board of Directors.  He will take over this role from the outgoing President Bernard Quoix (Total), who has held this position for the past 10 years.