12.00 h

14.00 h

Opening of the Exhibition

Opening of the Congress:

Opening Speech
Dr. Gerd Jäger, Chairman of the Board of Directors , VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany

Honours

Qualty Award

Get-together in the Exhibition

09.00 h
P1

Energy Trading in Europe - Role of Power Plants
Dr. Günther Rabensteiner, Member of the Stock Exchange Council, EEX, President EUREL and ÖVE, Spokesman of the Board, VERBUND-Austrian Power Trading AG, Vienna, Austria

09.20 h
P2

Challenge for the European Manufacturers and Suppliers
Andreas Wittke, Chairman of EPPSA, Member of the Management Board Alstom Power AG, Mannheim, Germany

09.40 h
P3

Ethical Aspects of the Future Global Electricity Generation
Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Carl Friedrich Gethmann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

10.00 h
P4

Energy Supply and Climate Protection - A Solvable Dispute?
Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Postdam, Germany

11.00 h

Panel Discussion
Leader: David Marsh

Speakers P1, P2, P3, P4
Hans Haider, Honorary President EURELECTRIC
Dr. Stephan Singer, WWF Europe Office

14.00 h
A1

AREVA – Our Contribution to a CO₂ -free Electricity Generation
Paul Felten, AREVA NP GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

14.30 h
A2

The Nuclear Renaissance: Advances in Technology and Supply
Brian Cothran, GE Energy, Bracknell, United Kingdom

15.00 h

Break

15.30 h
A3

Training as Joint Task of German Power Plant Operators
Markus Bieder, RWE Power AG, Ludwigshafen, Dr. Eberhardt Hoffmann, KSG/GfS, Essen and Heinrich Nacke, Kraftwerksschule e.V., Essen, Germany

16.00 h
A4

Status and Perspectives of Renewables in South East Europe
Dr. Joze Zagozen, HSE Holding Slovenske Elektrarne d.o.o., Slowenia

14.00h
B1

STEAG´s Track to a highly-efficient Power Plant
Karl Schnadt, STEAG GmbH, Essen, Germany

14.30h
B2

The Success of Lignite-fired Power Plants in Lusatia
Heinrich Breuer, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG, Cottbus, Germany

15.00h

Break

15.30h
B3

Highly-efficient Combined Cycle Lingen Power Plant: Integration of the Recent GT26-Technology
Dr. Johannes Lambertz, Member of the Board of Directors, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, and Dr. Manfred Kehr, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, Dr. Georg Gasteiger and Andreas Lusch, ALSTOM Power AG, Mannheim, Germany

16.00h
B4

700°C Technology: The Hard Coal-fired Power Plant of the Next Generation
Dr. Dariush Hourfar, E.ON Engineering GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany and Helmut Tschaffon, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany and Dr. Franz Bauer, VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany

09.00 h
A5

Pumped Storage Plants – Overview on New Projects in Austria
Gerald Berger, KELAG-Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft, Klagenfurt, Austria and Dr. Ernst Pürer, Vorarlberger Illwerke AG, Schruns , Austria

09.30 h
A6

Uprating, Upgrading of Hydro Power Plants
Gerhard Wedam, VERBUND-Austrian Hydro Power AG, Vienna, Austria and Gerald Tscherne, Salzburg AG, Salzburg, Austria

10.00 h

Break

11.00 h
A7

RADAG: Ecology and Economy in Balance
Dr. Manfred Rost, Member of the Board of Directors, Schluchseewerk AG, Laufenburg-Rhina, Germany

Biomass Power Plants
Ludwig Gockner, Wienstrom GmbH, Vienna, Austria and Norbert Rechberger, Energie AG Oberösterreich Kraftwerke GmbH, Gmunden, Austria

12.00 h
A9

Concentrating Solar Power Plants
Florian Remann, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany

"Farewell" in the Exhibition
VGB and Exhibitors would like to say "Good-Bye" and invite al participants to the next VGB Congress.

09.00h
B5

The Hard Coal-fired Power Plant Projects with CO₂ Sequestration and Storage of the RWE-Group
Dr. Johannes Ewers and Dr. Johannes Heithoff, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany

09.30h
B6

The Challenge within the Planning, Design, Installation and Startup of the Vattenfall Oxyfuel Pilot Project
Hubertus Altman, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG, Cottbus, Germany, Udo Gade, Vattenfall Europe Power Consult and Dr. Georg-Nikolaus Stamatelopoulos, Alstom Power Boiler GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

10.00h

Break

11.00h
B7

The E.ON Strategy for a low CO₂ Electricity Generation
Eckhardt Rümmler and Dr. Jörg Kruhl, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany

11.30h
B8

Learning by Doing: Shell's Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Dr. Wolfgang Heidug, SHELL International Renewables B.V., The Hague, The Netherlands

12.00h
B9

The BP/Scottish Power Project at Peterhead
Iain W. Wright, BP Alternative Energy International Ltd., United Kingdom and  N.N., Scottish Power

"Farewell" in the Exhibition
VGB and Exhibitors would like to say "Good-Bye" and invite al participants to the next VGB Congress.