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ETN President Pedro Lopez and Managing Director Christer Björkqvist sent a letter to the main contact persons of each ETN member organisation highlighting some of ETN’s achievements this year and announced our plans for 2023. You can read the full letter here (login required).

ETN’s October Workshop was held on 12-13 October 2022 at the Park Inn by Radisson hotel on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, with the kind support of our member Siemens Energy. It was a successful event, full of interesting presentations, discussions and networking opportunities.

Programme:

Below please find a quick overview of the two-day agenda:

11 October 2022:

- 16h00-18h00: Visit of Siemens facilities (limited spaces)

12 October 2022:

- 08h00-17h30: Presentations
- 17h30-18h30: ETN Air filtration working group meteing & ETN Supercritical CO2 working group meeting
- 19h00-23h00: Dinner

13 October 2022:

- 08h30-14h20: Parallel sessions:

- - Session 1: Low carbon fuels & carbon capture solutions
  - Session 2: Energy efficiency & decentralised energy systems

- 14h30-15h30: Plenary session: Summary of the two sessions and concluding remarks
- 16h00-18h00: ETN Hydrogen working group meeting

Please find the final programme here (login required).

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Dinner event was sponsored by:

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ETN Global Response to REPowerEU plan & Winter Preparedness Package

ETN Global welcomes and supports EC’s plans for the energy sector which are aimed at meeting the urgent short-term power and heat needs (REPowerEU Plan & Winter Preparedness Package) while maintaining long-term net-zero goals to make European energy systems and industry more resilient and efficient.

In our statement, we underline the significant role that our industry and gas turbines can play in supporting EC’s strategic objectives by providing a set of measures that can contribute to the increase in energy savings.

Please read the full statement to the EC on behalf of ETN’s members here.

ETN Board election 2022 results are out!

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.

Read the full Press release here.

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ETN letter to EC: input to EU Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act

ETN Global welcomes the recent proposal from EC on decarbonisation of gas markets, promotion of hydrogen and reduction of methane emissions in the EU.

We also underline the importance of the EU taxonomy for the success of the energy transition. We believe it is crucial that plants, which comply with a gradual reduction of emissions over time (sunset clause) will be classified as EU Taxonomy-aligned in the forthcoming Complementary Delegated Act.

Please read the full letter to the EC on behalf of ETN’s members here.

Latest News

Message from ETN President

ETN President Pedro Lopez and Managing Director Christer Björkqvist sent a letter to the main contact persons of each ETN member organisation highlighting some of ETN’s achievements this year and announced our plans for 2022. You can read the full letter here (login required).

About IGTC

The International Gas Turbine Conference (IGTC) is a well-established and renowned biennial conference, organised by ETN, representing the whole gas turbine community. The objective is to raise the awareness of gas turbine (GT) and turbomachinery technology development needs – from operators’ perspectives – and to explore and exchange ideas with GT experts from the whole value chain attending from all continents. The IGTC also provides the opportunity to meet and discuss with policymakers the role of gas turbines in future energy scenarios. The conference highlights the energy market outlook in Europe and in key markets globally, as well as presents and disseminates current R&D activities and latest achievements for flexible, efficient, reliable and environmentally sound gas turbine technology. More information about the previous conferences is available here.

Virtual conference: 11-15 October 2021

The conference included 5 keynote sessions, 9 technical sessions (with 27 technical papers), a virtual exhibition and a networking lounge.

Presentations and technical papers

Presentations and technical papers are available only for the IGTC attendees. A link to access the presentations was sent to all participants.

Recordings

Recordings (replays) of the sessions are available only for the conference attendees. Please use your personal link to access the conference platform. Replays are available until 15 November 2021. Any downloads will not be available.

Virtual expo

IGTC participants can access the virtual exhibition until 15 November 2021. If you didn’t have time to visit our sponsors’ booths during the conference, you can still check out the expo and download the materials.

Collection of abstracts

Please click here to download the abstracts of all IGTC-21 technical papers.

Programme

Monday 11 October

13:30-14:45 (CEST): Keynote session 1: Energy transition to a global carbon-neutral society

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 1: Hydrogen gas turbines

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 2: Decentralised energy systems

Tuesday 12 October

13:30-14:45 (CEST): Keynote session 2: Roadmap for the realisation of a carbon-neutral society

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 3: Alternative fuels and efficiency increases

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 4: Additive manufacturing and materials

Wednesday 13 October

13:30-14:45 (CEST): Keynote session 3: National and regional gas turbine markets: opportunities and challenges towards a hydrogen economy

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 5: Hydrogen gas turbine developments

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 6: Condition-based maintenance

Thursday 14 October

13:30-14:45 (CEST): Keynote session 4: R&D projects contributing to the energy transition

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 7: System integration

15:10-16:40 (CEST): Technical session 8: Component monitoring and life extension

Friday 15 October

13:30-14:45 (CEST): Keynote session 5: Technology development path for a carbon-neutral society

15:00-16:30 (CEST): Technical session 9: Retrofit and optimisation solutions

Download the full programme here.

Reports and documents

You can download ETN’s R&D Recommendation Report here.

ETN’s new publication “Gas turbines: an enabling technology for a carbon-neutral society” is available here.

Carbon-neutral OEM sponsors

Enabling technology / service exhibitors

Media Partners

Carbon-neutral solutions supporter

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ETN’s new R&D Recommendation Report published

The purpose of ETN’s R&D Recommendation Report is to summarise recommendations for R&D topics based on the user community’s needs and requirements, as well as energy policy targets.

The report is intended to be a living document revised on a biennial basis. In accordance with this, the growing importance of Systems Integration and Energy Storage is now addressed in a dedicated chapter that reviews overall performance improvements that can be obtained by the integration of gas turbine technology in other systems.

The report lists topics in technical areas relevant to gas turbine systems being used in Oil & Gas, Power Generation and Industry; the business segments in which ETN members are active. It considers topics related to the integration of turbomachinery into new energy systems, the development of new system integration solutions, the improvement of the state-of-the-art of component technologies, adaption to future emission regulations and other regulatory frameworks.

Download the full report here.

ASME Turbo Expo virtual conference will be held on 7-11 June 2021.

ETN’s Managing Director Christer Björkqvist will moderate the plenary session Opening up the Design Space to Afford Efficient Gas Turbines Using H2 and Biofuels, to be held on 8 June. Christer Björkqvist will be also co-chairing the panel sessions Voice of Customers/Users (8 June) and Pathway Forward: Gas Turbine OEM Tech Update (10 June).

We will be also participating in the virtual exhibition – come visit ETN’s virtual booth.

ETN members are entitled to a discounted registration fee. For more details, please contact the ETN office: nk[at]etn.global

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Additive Manufacturing L-PBF Machine Evaluation Initiative

ETN’s unique L-PBF Machine Evaluation Initiative was developed among members of ETN’s Additive Manufacturing Working Group. The project will review capabilities of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion (aka L-PBF, Selective Laser Melting) equipment currently available on the market.

The involved manufacturers will be manufacturing parts with Nickel Alloy 718 powder, according to specifications defined in collaboration with members of the ETN Additive Manufacturing Working Group. The parts to be produced include features of specific interest to the energy sector, such as thin walls and cooling channels. Performance, quality and productivity are key elements that will be evaluated.

The outcome of the project will consist of a detailed report, evaluating and comparing technical and commercial characteristics of selected AM machines available on the market and sample parts they produced. The full report will be available only for the partners. Find out more about this initiative here.

If your organisation would be interested to hear more about this project, please contact Valentin Moens: vm(at)etn.global

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Virtual conference: 11-15 October 2021

Presentations and technical papers

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Collection of abstracts

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Carbon-neutral solutions supporter

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