Press Releases

Today the European Commission released its proposal on Electricity Market Design aiming at making the system more resilient against future supply shocks. Nevertheless, security of supply will also require supporting long-term flexibility solutions, which the proposal has somehow overlooked.

It is with reassurance that EUGINE and EUTurbines see the European Parliament voting favourably on the Commission’s Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act (CDA) today. With this vote, investments in gas power plants and their operation are now, under strict conditions, included in the list of economic activities covered by the EU taxonomy.  “We are glad to […]

The publication of the Hydrogen and Gas Market Decarbonisation Package is an important milestone towards the decarbonisation of the European economy. The gas sector is an essential piece of a truly integrated energy system, and it needs to be decarbonised as soon as possible. The revision of the gas market rules should accelerate the transition […]

Gas power plants are prepared for a climate-neutral future: “H2-Readiness” indicates that investments in this technology are future-proof. EUGINE and EUTurbines, the gas power plant technology providers, introduce their common understanding of H2-Ready engine and turbine-based power plants. 

The Taxonomy delegated acts still fall short on recognising that a sustainable energy system, based on high shares of variable wind and solar energy, will need a considerable amount of flexible back-up solutions to ensure that the energy supply is stable and reliable. 

The right intention but insufficient conclusions and actions. This is the summary of EUTurbines and EUGINE on the Energy System Integration Strategy presented today by the European Commission. While the Hydrogen Strategy has a more inclusive approach, the Energy System Integration Strategy missed out concentrating on electrification instead of enabling all sectors to find their […]

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 […]

Following the adoption by the European Investment Bank (EIB) of a new energy lending policy aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement, EUGINE Secretary General Ralf Wezel commented as follows: “The EIB has played a key role in funding valuable projects such as the highly flexible & efficient gas engines of Kiel or the emergency reserve […]

Following today’s final adoption of the revised electricity market legislation by EU ministers, EUGINE Secretary General Ralf Wezel commented: “With the new rules supporting scarcity pricing we should definitely see more and more investments in technologies such as gas engines and storage which due to their flexibility can easily deliver in those key moments when […]

Ralf Wezel, Secretary General of EUGINE, signed on 1 April 2019 the Bucharest Declaration of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU on “Sustainable and Smart Gas Infrastructure for Europe”. The signatories of the non-binding document highlight the potential of the gas infrastructure “to accommodate increasing shares of near-zero carbon hydrogen and Renewable […]

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, […]

Islands find it extremely challenging to achieve the EU target of a sustainable, affordable and at the same time reliable energy system. EUGINE organised thus a dinner-debate for EU decision-makers, at the European Parliament, on 8 October.

New President of European Engine Power Plant Association EUGINE, the European engine power plant association, elected Hermann Kröger, Senior Vice-President at MAN Energy Solutions as new President. He succeeds Kari Hietanen, Executive Vice-President of Wärtsilä Corporation, who led the association since its founding in 2014 and will continue to serve as Vice-President of the association, […]

Flexible gas engine power plants are an important element for the energy transition Successful first European Engine Power Plant Forum organised by EUGINE and CIMAC The energy transition will lead to a smart combination of renewable energy sources with storage technology and flexible engine power plants, capable to balance the variability of the renewables. Fostering […]

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.

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. […]

EUGINE, the European engine power plants association, together with similar industry federations, published a joint declaration pleading for “an ambitious power market reform”: “We share the conviction that only a flexible and dynamic energy system, making the best use of innovative and distributed supply and demand options, can ensure a cost-efficient and sustainable transition towards […]

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. The panellists agreed that […]