This EUTurbines statement aims to clarify the facts and status of discussions on a selected number of technical subjects on frequency related topics linked to Network Code Requirements for Generators. It gives clear recommendations from manufacturers side for the national implementation to consider both the needs of the TSOs and their obligation to ensure stability of the electrical system on one hand, and the inherent constraints of some generation technologies on...

EUTurbines officially supports the “Joint Call to the candidates for the 2019 European Elections” asking future Members of the Parliament to keep industry at the top of the political agenda and call for an ambitious long-term EU industrial strategy.

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EUTurbines as one of 122 European industrial associations co-signed the new #Industry4Europe Paper with suggestions to EU policy makers on how to implement an adequate governance for an EU industrial strategy. The proposals of the coalition paper focus on 2 pillars: an informed and steady dialogue between industry and decision-makers as well as a structure of the European institutions that allows for an implementation of an industrial strategy at highest...

Ahead of the European Commission’s consultation on the EU Long-term Decarbonisation Strategy, the sector of gas-based power generation highlights one of the energy system’s most promising solutions to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and tackling climate change: the switch of gas-based power generation to carbon-neutral gases.

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This document provides a quick compilation of the most important areas of the Large Combustion Plants (LCP) Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) and BAT Conclusions – as well as of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) – for gas turbines manufacturers. While some explanations are provided to better illustrate some areas, the document does not attempt to interpret the legal texts it refers to.

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EUTurbines Activity Report 2017

EUTurbines Activity Report 2017

EUTurbines comments to ENTSO-E Public consultation on Guidance for Connection Code implementation related to Frequency Stability Parameters.”

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EUTurbines welcomes the update of the IGD on frequency stability related parameters, addressing, among others, the admissible active power reduction from maximum output with falling frequency (NC RfG Art 13 (4) and (5)). RfG Art 13 does not make a distinction between dynamic and steady- state behaviour. It also does not clearly state how ambient conditions and technological constraints should be taken into account.

In that discussion, EUTurbines calls to carefully...

On October 25, EUTurbines president M. Ladwig participated in the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (Association of German Engineers) International Conference "Gas Turbines" in Amsterdam. His presentation was entitled: “The Pathway Forward for Gas Turbines in a Decarbonized Europe.”

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EUTurbines has signed, together with another 118 industrial associations, a Joint Reaction Paper "For an ambitious EU industrial strategy: going further". The document is a reaction to the Commission's Communication on "Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry: a renewed Industrial Strategy for Europe" published in September. The Signatories have identified all key objectives and missing measures that should be at the heart of any ambitious and longer-term EU...

German magazine "Energie & Management" published a most informative article on the EU research procject working on the flexibility of power plants driven by turbines, emphasizing the participation of EUTurbines members.

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EUTurbines welcomes the effort to adapt the electricity market design to the new market reality. The key element of the reform is the recognition of the need for flexibility solutions to balance the variable renewable energy sources as main contributors to a decarbonised energy system.
Flexible dispatchable thermal power plants can provide a considerable share of this flexibility, but need a market framework which ensures that, during a limited number...

EUTurbines welcomes the initiative and stresses the importance of a continuous R&I support to achieve the energy system of the future. The relevance of all system contributors should be acknowledged.

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EUTurbines comments to ENTSO-E Public consultation on Guidance for Connection Code implementation of frequency related parameters

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EUTurbines supports the idea of improving the security of supply on the European gas market by increasing the number of sources for gas in Europe and by creating a real European gas network. It is recognised that this includes gases of a diverging composition.

To ensure that gas turbines operate efficiently, safely and within the allowed emission limits, it is essential that the composition of gas reaching the gas turbine stays...

Thermal power plants, originally designed for base-load operation, are increasingly shifting their role to provide fluctuating back-up power to meet unpredictable and short-notice demand peaks, to control and stabilise the grid.

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EUTurbines signed a joint Declaration for an ambitious EU industrial strategy.

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EUTurbines has signed a common declaration of a large coalition of European industry associations, requesting the European Commission to come up with a strategy and an action plan on how to better support the European manufacturing sector. The declaration is a reminder to policy makers to not forget the potential of the manufacturing sector as driver for growth and a request to help safeguard the world leadership of European manufacturers...

EUTurbines Activity Report 2016

EUTurbines Activity Report 2016

EUTurbines has replied to the Public consultation of the European Commission regarding the evaluation of the Machinery Directive.

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