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POWER-GEN Europe 2011 Achieves Record Visitor Numbers
 
Fiera Milano City, Milan, June 9th, 2011 – The nineteenth POWER-GEN Europe Conference and Exhibition, co-located with Nuclear Power Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe, closed today having experienced a record number 14,917 attendees across the three events over three days.. 

Show highlights included opening keynote speeches from Gianfilippo Mancini, director of Enel’s Generation and Energy Management Division & Energy Management Division, Paul Browning president and CEO of GE Energy’s Thermal Products and Giuseppe Zampini CEO of Anslado Energia.  All three speakers provided a clear picture that the European power sector is changing and it is changing fast.

An excellent plenary panel debate hosted by leading international journalist and broadcaster Stephen Sackur, exploring whether the power industry can deliver on European policy targets, was another highpoint. The debate was streamed live on the internet allowing a global audience to participate, with questions coming from as far afield as Singapore, South Africa and Australia.
 
This year’s event has taken place against the backdrop of a highly fluid outlook for every sector in the power industry, as Stephen Sakur stated on the show’s video daily, “The plenary session highlighted a measure of potential uncertainty.  It’s where technology and politics overlap that you get the most interesting debate...There is a degree of uncertainty about the investment climate, about the political climate and how realistic the European energy targets are.”
 

Conference Director, Nigel Blackaby is delighted with the success of this year’s show, “The high number of attendees across all three events is a reflection of the industry’s eagerness to discover the latest developments in business, technology and policy at a moment of such rapid change for power generation. It’s an exciting time to be working in such an innovative industry and it has been great to see professionals from every sector of the power sector come together to discuss the challenges that they face and how they can work together to meet these.”

We bid Milan a fond "Arrivederci" and thank our exhibitors, visitors, delegates and speakers for their continued support of our events. For 2012 we are proud to say"Willkommen in Köln" when POWER-GEN Europe and its co-located events stage at the KoelnMesse, Cologne, Germany on 12 - 14 June 2012.

 

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Panel debates future of European Energy Supply

Fiera Milano City, Milan, 8th June 2011 Today the POWER-GEN Europe Conference and Exhibition, co-located with Nuclear Power Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe hosted a joint plenary panel discussion on whether Europe’s current energy policy can deliver the legally binding targets it faces.

Moderated by international journalist and broadcaster Steven Sackur, the much anticipated debate featured five leading members of the power and energy industry.  The panel examined the range of strategic and technical solutions open to the European power industry in order to comply with the European Union’s energy policy. 

The panel included: Niels Bergh - Hansen Executive Vice President, Dong Energy, Silvio Bosetti, General Manager, EnergyLab Foundation, Adrian Bull, Media & Stakeholder Relations Manager, Westinghouse, Magued Eldaiet, Executive Director, Energy Account, GE Energy and Carlo Luzzatto, Co-General Manager, Ansaldo Energia.

As well as assessing the ability of the European power industry to meet EU targets on energy consumption and climate change, the expert panel analysed a number of major European energy issues relating to gas and nuclear power, grid infrastructure, and the prospects for carbon capture and storage. Key issues discussed included; security of supply, the impact of renewable on energy prices, the consequences of the recent Fukushima power plant disaster and the reliance on fossil fuels for future energy supply.

The joint plenary panel discussion is always a great forum for industry leaders to get to the heart of the issues facing the European power industry is currently facing and today’s lively and thought-provoking debate was no exception,” said Nigel Blackaby, conference director, POWER-GEN Europe. “It was great to see some of the leading figures in the industry discuss the strategic and technical solutions needed to achieve the outcomes demanded by energy policies emanating  from Brussels in frank and open debate.”

The debate was also broadcast across the show’s websites with a twitter feed providing another route for the power industry to keep in touch. Sackur led the debate with some searching questions, and took questions from the auditorium, as well as working in questions from the online viewers as far afield as South Africa, Singapore, Russia and Australia.

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Innovation drives a new era for European Power Generation

POWER-GEN Europe opens with keynote speeches from leading power industry experts

Gianfilippo Mancini
Director, Generation and Energy Management Division & Market Division, Enel, Italy
Paul Browning
President & CEO
Thermal Products
GE Power & Water
USA
Giuseppe Zampini
Chief Executive Officer, Ansaldo Energia, Italy

Fiera Milano City, Milan, 8th June, 2011 – The POWER-GEN Europe Conference and Exhibition and its co-located shows Nuclear Power Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe opened in spectacular fashion yesterday with keynote sessions from leading figures in the power industry. All three speakers were united in their belief that power generation is undergoing a period of unparalleled change, driven by innovation and energy policies.

Conference Director, Nigel Blackaby, welcomed delegates and opened the conference with a speech on the current position of Europe’s energy supply. “The energy market is becoming increasingly converged for suppliers and consumers, as the need for flexible power generation grows.” 

Gianfilippo Mancini, Director of the Generation and Energy Management Division and Market Division at Enel, Italy explained that a new era has dawned across the European energy market and a deep transformation is underway. Renewable energy technologies such as smart grids have proven to significantly increase energy efficiency and companies on a global scale are beginning to invest heavily in their development.

During the keynote session Paul Browning, CEO of Thermal Products at GE Power & Water addressed the serious challenges of energy scarcity and discussed some of the actions being taken to create a more balanced global energy supply. Browning also touched on European energy policies and added that whilst the EU’s 202020 targets should be commended, the industry’s sights now need to be set even further.

Giuseppe Zampini, CEO, Ansaldo Energia closed the keynote session with his views and predictions for the energy sector, focussing on the future of the nuclear power industry.  This was discussed in the context of the recent events at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan and the impact these have had on the wider industry.

This year’s event has seen a record number of exhibitors, topping 600 for the first time. Advanced visitor registrations have also superseded those of last year with attendance from utilities rising especially fast.

 


 

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