Day 1 – Tuesday 8 June
JOINT OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION
Room: Auditorium
09:30 – 11:00
Join your fellow power industry professionals for the scene-setting joint opening Keynote Session prior to the opening of the exhibition. This year’s keynote speakers are thought leaders who will offer their individual visions for the power sector from three entirely different standpoints.
Host: Nigel Blackaby, Director of Conferences, PennWell International Power Group,
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Ruud Lubbers
Former Dutch Prime Minister, The
Frank Wouters
Chief Executive Officer, Masdar Power, UAE
Joost van Dijk
Chief Executive Officer, E.ON Benelux, The
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
TRACK 1 – STRATEGIES FOR THE EUROPEAN POWER INDUSTRY
Room: PGE1
Session 1: Finance & Risk Management
14:00 – 15:30
The role of Independent Power Producers and risk analysis
Chair: Antonio Ferreira Costa, Board of Directors, EDP Group - EDP Generation,
Co-Chair: Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, EPPSA,
Comeback of the integrated super-utility? Is there still a role for independent developers?
Martin Giesen, CEO, Advanced Power AG,
The feasibility of an Independent Nuclear Power Producer (INPP)
John Horner, Director, e for energy
Innovative risk analysis methodology for power plants
Tullio Bonfiglio, Security Manager, Ansaldo
Co-Author:
Erik Zunino, Power Plant Automation Specialist, Ansaldo
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 2: Power Sector Strategies & Forecasts
16:00 – 17:30
Visions for the future of the European Power Sector
Chair: Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, EPPSA,
Co-Chair: Antonio Ferreira Costa, Board of Directors, EDP Group - EDP Generation,
EU Energy and Climate Change Policies: Towards 2020 and beyond
Three scenarios for electricity production and demand in 2025
Marco Golinelli, Vice President, Power Plants, Wärtsilä
Co-Authors:
Paulina Tennila, General Manager, Scenarios and Business Intelligence, Wärtsilä Corporation,
Bjorn Ullbro, General Manager, Strategy, Wärtsilä Corporation,
Pieter Hokkeling, Director, Development & Financial Services, Wärtsilä Holland,
A balanced mix for future power generation – an analysis
Rolf Kehlhofer, Managing Director, The Energy Consulting Group Ltd,
Co-Author:
Stefan Hatt, Group Vice President, ABB Ltd,
Driving the low carbon economy
Tracey Dearnley Principal Consultant Ventyx,
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
TRACK 2 – REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL POWER GENERATION
Room: PGE2
Session 1a: Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture: IGCC
14:00 – 15:30
Pre-combustion Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
Chair: Pascal Stijns, Power & Energy Marketing Europe,
Co-Chair: Enrico Filusch, Senior Manager Marketing, Communications, Siemens AG,
Elcogas IGCC: towards zero emissions power plants
Pilar Coca, Researcher, ELCOGAS,
Co-Author:
Engr. Francisco Garcia Peña, Engineering and R&D Manager, ELCOGAS,
Adding value to IGCC projects with proven carbon dioxide capture technology
Robin Matton, Process Engineer, UOP NV,
Pre-combustion CO2 capture plant at IGCC Buggenum
Radoslaw Gnutek, Development Manager, Nuon, The
Co-Author:
Kay Damen, R&D Manager, Nuon, The
Session 1b: Reducing the Carbon Footprint, Strategy I
Room: PGE7
14:00 – 15:30
Strategies for the reduction of the carbon footprint of fossil power generation.
Chair: Bernt Frydenberg, Advisor – CDM Strategy,
Co-Chair: Matthias Zelinger, Secretary General,
Post COP15- Quo Vadis power sector?
Giles Dickson, Vice President Government Relations Europe,
Co-Author:
Martyna Kurcz-Jenn, Director EU Regulatory Affairs,
Expected pace for carbon footprint reduction
Francois Giger, Strategy Manager, EDF/DPIT,
Co-Author:
Jean-Francois Lehougre, Senior Advisor, VGB
Uncertain future for power plant suppliers and CCS
Klaus-Dieter Tigges, Chair of EPPSA's Technical Committee, The European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA),
Co-Authors:
Mike Farley, Vice President, The European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA),
Andreas Wittke, President, The European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA),
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 2a: Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture: Oxy-Fuel
16:00 – 17:30
Updates on Oxy-Fuel combustion technology for carbon capture
Chair: Pascal Stijns, Power & Energy Marketing Europe,
Co-Chair: Enrico Filusch, Senior Manager Marketing, Communications, Siemens AG,
Vattenfall's Development for the CCS-Technology - the way from labority to the industrial solution
Reinhardt Hassa, Chairman of the Managing Director, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG,
Co-Author:
Hubertus Altmann, Authorized Office, Head of Department for Power Plant Management, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG / Vattenfall Europe Mining AG,
Doosan Babcock Energy OxyCoal technology developments
David Fitzgerald, Principal Engineer R&D, Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd,
Co-Author:
Peter Holland-Lloyd, Business Development Manager Carbon Capture, Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd,
Alstom’s CO2 capture technology development – Update on carbon capture technologies and pilot Operation
Philippe Paelinck, Director CO2 Business Development,
Co-Authors:
Jean-Francois Leandri, Marketing Director CCS,
Benedicte Prodhomme, Product Manager,
Frank Kluger, Head of Department,
Jody Black, Product Manager - CAP,
Session 2b: Reducing the Carbon Footprint, Strategy II
Room: PGE7
16:00 – 17:30
Strategies for the reduction of the carbon footprint of fossil power generation. A focus on capture readiness and a view to the
Chair: Matthias Zelinger, Secretary General,
Co-Chair: Bernt Frydenberg, Advisor – CDM Strategy,
Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) policy in the United States
John Easton, Vice President, International Programs, Edison Electric Institute,
CCS-ready solutions: action today enables implementation tomorrow
Jean-François Léandri, Marketing Director, CCS Solutions, Alstom Power, France
Co-Authors:
Arnaud Van der Beken, Business Manager, Schlumberger, France
Tony, A.K., Booer, Marketing Manager,
Adrian Skea, Product Manager Steam Power Plants,
Stéphanie Saunier, North Sea Service Delivery Manager,
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
TRACK 3 – GAS FIRED POWER TECHNOLOGY
Room: PGE3
Session 1 & 2: The MEGA Session - Large Frame GT's from an OEM Perspective
14:00 – 17:30
The ‘must-attend session’ featuring the very latest developments, presentations and discussion among the world’s large gas turbine manufacturers
Chair: Eldred Clark, Engineering Manager, ACE European Group,
Co-Chair: Enrique Sanchez, Director of Operations for
Mitsubishi J Class Gas Turbine / development of a new 1600ºC large frame gas turbine for high CC efficiency
Carlos Koeneke, Technical Support Manager, Mitsubishi Power Systems,
Co-Authors:
Takashi Kishine, Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Toshishige Ai, Senior Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Hisato Arimura, General Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Junichiro Masada, Deputy Manager of Gas Turbine Engineering Department, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
SGT5-8000H, product validation at Irsching 4
Willibald Fischer, Program Manager 8000H, Siemens AG,
Co-Author:
Steven Abens, Sales Manager Gas Turbines Europe Africa Asia-Pacific, Siemens AG,
GE’s F-class combined cycle plant
Guy DeLeonardo, Senior Product Manager, GE
Co-Authors:
Veronique, Cimatti, 50Hz Combined Cycle Marketing Manager, GE Energy,
Alstom's latest GT26 gas turbine and KA26 combined cycle power plant developments
Michael Ladwig, Director Marketing, Product Management & R&D Programs, Gas Power Plants,
Field validation of the first Ansaldo Energia advanced technology AE64.3A gas turbine
Luigi Minervini, Sales Manager,
Co-Authors:
Luigi Di Pasquale, Head of Gas Turbine Engineering, Ansaldo Energia Via
Roberta Gatti, Head of GT Functional Design, Performance and Technical Bids,
Paolo Pesce, Gas Turbine Functional Engineer,
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
TRACK 4 – COAL FIRING, BIOMASS COMBUSTION AND WASTE TO ENERGY
Room: PGE4
Session 1: Biomass - Coal Co-Firing
14:00 – 15:30
Large-scale biomass and coal co-firing technologies and experiences
Chair: Jan de Jong, Innovation Manager, Essent, The Netherlands
Co-Chair: Ken Parker, Director, International Environmental and Energy Consultants Inc,
Realization of a torrefaction plant in
Mark Beekes, Consultant, KEMA, The
Co-Author:
Stanislaw Blach, Director of Industrial Development and Energy Policy,
The utilization of CFB technology for large-scale biomass firing power plants
Timo Jäntti, Director, Systems Engineering, Foster Wheeler,
Biomass co-firing in large coal fired steam generators
Roland Jeschke, New Technologies,
Co-Authors:
Klaus-Dieter Tigges, Head of Reference Design/New Technologies,
Alfred, Gwosdz, New Technologies,
Alfons Leisse, New Technologies,
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 2: Waste to Energy Plants
16:00 – 17:30
Operation, experiences and improvements
Chair: Bernd von de Heide, Managing Director, Mehldau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik GmbH,
Co-Chair: Piotr Karas, Manager Product Promotion, Rafako S.A.,
Energy efficient energy-from-waste: How to meet the R1 criterionCo-Authors:
Guillaume Perron-Piché, Policy Officer, ESWET - European Suppliers of Waste to
Hubert de Chefdebien, Head Institutional Relations, CNIM, France
Co-firing of REF and biofuels in a CFB with advanced steam parameters and high plant efficiency in Igelsta plant, Sweden
Marko Natunen, Project Manager, Foster Wheeler
EU Directive on Industrial Emissions requires modern flue gas cleaning
Bo Herrlander, Marketing Manager,
Large scale material testing and online corrosion monitoring at high efficiency WTE plant of AEB
Martin de Jong, Senior Consultant, Kema, The Netherlands
Co-Authors:
Hetian Zhan, Specialist, Kema The
HarmenVeldman, Engineer, Afval Energie Bedrijf, The Netherlands
Jan Lamain, Process Engineer, Afval Energie Bedrijf, The
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
TRACK 5 – ELECTRICAL AND I&C SYSTEMS
Room: PGE5
Session 1: Online Optimization
14:00 – 15:30
Approaches and examples of combustion optimization
Chair: Enzo Tortello, Senior Consultant,
Co-Chair: Jari Leppakoski, Manager, Energy Efficiency, Metso Automation
Optimized Combustion through collaboration of boiler and automation supplier
Pasi Airikka, Product Manager, Metso Corp.,
Co-Author:
Vesa Nieminen, Performance Service Specialist, Metso Corp.,
How boiler management solutions can improve the bottom line
Marc Antoine, Program Manager, ABB Power Generation,
Reserve Presentation:
Profit optimization for unit commitment and dispatch
Mark Gallant, Director of Marketing, Power & Utilities Aspen
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 2: Generators
16:00 – 17:30
Design and operational experiences in turbogenerator technology
Chair: Jacob Klimstra, Senior Consultant, Jacob Klimstra Consultancy, The
Co-Chair: Enzo Tortello, Senior Consultant,
Development of large indirectly hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator and its application to up-grading of existing units
Hiromichi Ito, Chief Engineer,
Co-Authors:
Mikio Kakiuchi, Senior Engineer,
Daisuke Murata, Senior Engineer,
Design and testing of the 210 MW air-cooled serial turbogenerator for the Yuvaskyla CHP in
Mikhail Roytgarts, Deputy Chief Designer of Turbogenerators, Power Machines,
Co-Author:
Oleg Antonyuk, Chief Designer of Turbogenerators, Power Machines,
Alstom successful operational experience with advanced stator bar wedging system for turbogenerators
Mathieu Bloch, Product Specialist, Alstom, Switzerland
Co-Authors:
Jonas Baumann, Group Leader Generator Diagnostics,
Edgar Koch, Manager Engineering Generator,
Beat Zimmerli, Director Business Development Turbogenerator,
Sensoplan - TET-Design: Time and cost saving professional repair for generators with thermal expansion problems at the end windings support
Günter Ebi, President, Sensoplan AG,
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
TRACK 6 – OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Room: PGE6
Session 1: Retrofit & Upgrades
14:00 – 15:30
Improvements of old plants: technical and economical evaluation
Chair: Enrico Malusardi, Feasibility Studies and Special Projects Manager, Edison SpA,
Co-Chair: Andreas Feldmuller, Head of Service Technology Implementation, Siemens
Integrated renovation and modernization solutions for 200-250 MW fossil fired units
Martin Lord, Technical Tendering Manager,
Co-Authors:
Sam Saimbi, Head of Business Development,
Mike Davies, Senior Product Specialist,
Steam Turbine modernization – from an event to an alternative upgrade repair
Ulrich Schechtel, Technical Support Engineer, Siemens AG,
Modification and upgrading of an existing GT power plant into peaking duty
Piet Kamminga, Chief Engineer, Ansaldo Thomassen, The
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 2: Water Circuits & Steam Cycle Chemistry Management
16:00 – 17:30
Ideas for improved results through chemistry management
Chair: George Peabody, Director, Power Technical Consulting, Nalco Co.,
Co-Chair: Pier Guiseppe Bottini, New Projects Manager,
Upgrade of plant water system with containerized assets and contracted service programme improves quality and reliability while reducing total costs
Jeff McCormick, Business Development, Siemens Water Technologies,
Co-Author:
Charles McCloskey, Director of Marketing Industrial and Environmental Services, Siemens Water Technologies,
The application of boiler water treatment guidelines in industrial plants
Paul McNicholas, International Senior Expert, Air Liquide, France
Seven sins of steam sampling
Manuel Sigrist, Technical Director, MSc, Swan Systeme AG,
The Influence of system design, station operations and cycle chemistry on corrosion product generation and FAC minimization at Coryton CCGT
Peter de Graaf, Industry Development Manager Power, Nalco Europe, The Netherlands
Co-Authors:
Richard Herbert, Science Officer, Coryton Energy Co. Ltd,
Peter Blokker, Staff Scientist, Nalco Europe, The
Charles A. Campbell, Key Account Manager, Nalco Limited,
17:30 – 19:30: Networking Reception
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