In a joint position paper on energy system integration, EUTurbines, together with EUGINE, calls for a balanced decarbonisation approach supporting and reaping all the benefits from the uptake of renewable and decarbonised gases, such as the possibility of long-term and seasonal energy storage. Enhanced (cross-sectoral) interactions between climate-neutral gases, liquid fuels, heat/cold and electrons are needed and will result in a fit-for-purpose energy system.

The position paper further focuses on how...

EUTurbines co-signed this Joint Letter in which the Gas industry welcomes EU efforts to support economic recovery after the COVI19 pandemic.

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EUTurbines, in cooperation with Cogen Europe, EBA, ETE, ETN, EUGINE, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope, addressed the Commission to stress the importance of the energy sector during the coronavirus crisis and the need to allow the movement of staff to ensure the security of energy supply by reaching the plants whenever necessary.

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EUTurbines has co-signed the Joint industry position – Proposed review of ETS MRR Art 39(3) on biogas

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"The climate-neutrality objective provides certainty on the direction we are heading in for 2050 but lacks clarity on the steps in between and the solutions to be developed for achieving it”, said Ralf Wezel, Secretary General of both EUGINE and EUTurbines, when commenting the European Commission’s proposal for a European Climate Law, on behalf of the European gas power plant industry.

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EUTurbines and EUGINE welcome the ambitions expressed in the European Green Deal presented today. The European gas power plant industry, represented by the two associations covering turbine and engine technologies respectively, supports the targets of climate-neutrality and the decarbonisation of the EU’s energy system.

Ralf Wezel, Secretary General of EUGINE and EUTurbines, states "“We appreciate to see that the European Green Deal highlights the...

EUTurbines appreciates the efforts of the EIB to make an ambitious proposal, while still trying to accommodate some of the system needs in the transitional period. Over the next decade gas and the entire gas infrastructure – including power generation – will be an important contributor to accelerate the transformation of the energy system. It will allow a fast phasing out of coal plants and ensure reliability in a power...

EUTurbines – in coordination with Gas Infrastructure Europe and the German Energy Agency – had the pleasure of hosting an EU Sustainable Energy Week session entitled “Sectoral integration: shaping EU’s climate-neutral future” yesterday. The event gathered in a panel discussion the key (renewable) gas and other fuels stakeholders.

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Thomas Thiemann from Siemens Gas & Power in Germany has been elected new President of EUTurbines yesterday. The leadership team of the association for the next 2 years is completed by Daniela Gentile from Ansaldo Energia in Italy and former President Michael Ladwig from GE Power in Switzerland as Vice-Presidents.

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The Gas Turbine Industry publishes Election Manifesto for a strong European industry and a climate-neutral economy


The EUTurbines Election Manifesto is published in view of the EU elections for the European Parliament at the end of May and the change in Commission later in the year. The Manifesto summarises the association’s key asks in view of the upcoming 2019-2024 European legislature.

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Good progress - next focus must be sector coupling and clean gas


EUTurbines welcomes the publication of the fourth report on the State of the Energy Union yesterday. Over the recent years the European Union has made considerable efforts towards ensuring “accessible, affordable, secure, competitive and sustainable energy for all Europeans”, as the report highlights. However, as the conclusions of the report point out, there is still a lot to be...

The Romanian EU Presidency and EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete gathered all gas grid stakeholders in Bucharest on 1 April 2019 to discuss a reform of Europe’s gas system. The target: to accommodate increasing shares of renewable gas while maintaining the benefits of the existing energy grid and storage facilities.

EUTurbines was proud to participate in the High-Level Roundtable on future Energy Systems and represent not...

Brussels, 23 January 2019: Members of EUTurbines, the voice of Europe’s gas and steam turbine industry, published a set of ambitious commitments to drive the transition of gas power generation to renewable gas, in line with the EU’s 2050 goal of a climate neutral economy.

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The European Commission presented on 28 November the much awaited “Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions”. The strategy presents possible paths and measures that will allow the EU to comply with the Paris agreement and to reach the climate neutral objective as soon as possible.

The goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C...

Horizon Europe – ITRE Committee vote:
Energy efficiency, flexibility and renewable gases rightfully taken on board

R&I support is crucial to ensure the transition towards a reliable, cost-efficient and decarbonised energy system. It is therefore important that the future EU R&I framework programme “Horizon Europe” adequately includes all areas contributing to this goal.

Ralf Wezel, Secretary General of EUGINE and EUTurbines, has expressed his support to...

Horizon Europe – ITRE Committee vote:
Energy efficiency, flexibility and renewable gases rightfully taken on board

R&I support is crucial to ensure the transition towards a reliable, cost-efficient and decarbonised energy system. It is therefore important that the future EU R&I framework programme “Horizon Europe” adequately includes all areas contributing to this goal.

Ralf Wezel, Secretary General of EUGINE and EUTurbines, has expressed his support to...

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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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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Power-to-Gas-to-Power is a promising solution, which can contribute to solving the flexibility challenge in a system with an ever-increasing share of variable renewable energy sources - but needs a favourable framework. This was the main conclusion of the conference “Power-to-Gas: Balancing the energy system with green fuel”, jointly organised by EUGINE and EUTurbines this week.

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European turbines industry elects new leadership team

Michael Ladwig from GE Power in Switzerland is the elected new President of EUTurbines, the association representing Europe’s gas and steam turbine based technology providers. The new leadership team for the next 2 years is completed by Daniela Gentile from Ansaldo Energia in Italy and Thomas Thiemann from Siemens Power & Gas in Germany as new Vice-Presidents of the association.

“A key priority for my...

Within the SET-Plan discussions, the European Commission has proposed an overarching R&I target to ensure the EU’s energy system robustness and resilience (action n°4). EUTurbines, EUGINE (European Engine Power Plants Association) and EPPSA (European Power Plant Suppliers Association) have jointly prepared an input paper stressing the importance of flexible thermal backup generation to achieve this target. The paper also outlines a number of R&I priority areas to further increase the...

As part of developing the 10 actions outlined in the SET-Plan, the Commission has consulted stakeholders on targets for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), which should contribute to increasing the deployment of CSP and to keep Europe’s leadership in this technology worldwide.  EUTurbines, ESTELA (European Solar Thermal Electricity Association) and EERA JP-CSP (European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme CSP) submitted a joint input paper reacting to the proposed targets and also...

Gas-to-Power has a strong, complementing role to play with an increasing share of variable renewables in the European energy mix. This was one of the key statements conveyed at an event organised jointly by EUGINE, EUTurbines and GasNaturally representing the European gas power plants and gas industry on 18 November 2015.

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Providing the necessary flexibility will be a key challenge in the future energy mix. Sufficient flexibility will help balancing the intermittency of renewable energy sources and guarantee a reliable as well as stable electricity system for both private households and industry. There are various solutions providing flexibility – only flexible thermal power generation, however, is in a position to deliver the needed amounts at this stage.

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EUTurbines welcomes the publication of the consultative communication on a new electricity market design today. This initiative arrives at the time when the growing share of intermittent renewable energy sources poses a flexibility challenge to the energy system that needs to be addressed.

EUTurbines agrees with the Commission that "both the demand side and conventional generation plants must be able and incentivised to respond to this flexibility challenge". Operational flexibility, as...

EUTurbines welcomes the publication of the Energy Union Package
yesterday. EUTurbines shares the European Commission’s opinion that only with a long-term, ambitious energy policy framework the EU will be able to achieve a sustainable, competitive and secure energy system.

A fully integrated European electricity market with a growing share of intermitting renewable energy sources will surely be one of the biggest challenges of the Energy Union. EUTurbines stresses the importance of...