Dr. Hans Bünting new Chairman of VGB PowerTech

- New Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international technical association for power and heat generation - Dr. Bernhard Fischer hands over the office of Chairman to Dr. Hans Bünting
  • New Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international technical association for power and heat generation
  • Dr. Bernhard Fischer hands over the office of Chairman to Dr. Hans Bünting

Dr. Hans Bünting is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of VGB PowerTech e.V. The Doctor of Economics was elected to this office by the Board of Directors of the technical association during the VGB Congress “Power Plants 2016” in Leipzig.

Bünting succeeds Dr. Bernhard Fischer, a member of the Board of VGB since 2008 and, as Chair-man, head of the association since 2015.

“I look forward to promoting the work and the interests of the industry together with my col-leagues. The technical challenges of our day to the entire energy industry are tremendous. My goal is to develop solutions at VGB, jointly with the industry, for the efficient, environmentally safe and economical power generation of tomorrow,” said Bünting following his election. Bünting emphasized that “with its experience the VGB realises the urgently needed synergies between renewable and conventional generation and makes them visible. VGB thus sets the technical agenda for the transformation of the energy sector.”

Dr. Bernhard Fischer was awarded the Guilleaume commemorative medal in appreciation of his services in promoting innovations in power generation and for the further development of VGB PowerTech e.V. (Dr. Max Guilleaume, as Technical Director at the Leuna works, played a major part in the founding of VGB – near Leipzig in 1920).

Dr. Hans Bünting (52) studied economics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and obtained his doctor’s degree there. He began his professional career at RWE Energie AG. Today Bünting is Chief Operating Officer (COO) Renewables of innogy SE.

Apart from Dr Bünting the members of the new Board of Directors of VGB PowerTech include Dipl.-Ing. Hubertus Altmann (Vattenfall Europe AG), Dr. Francois Giger (EDF), Dr. Udo Brockmeier (Stadtwerke Düsseldorf), Wim Broos (ENGIE), Dr. Wolfgang Cieslik (Steag GmbH), Dr. Gundolf Dany (Statkraft Markets GmbH), Dr. Reinhold Elsen (RWE Power AG), Michael J. Frank (Uniper Technologies), Dr. Michael Fuchs (PreussenElektra GmbH), Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Karl Heinz Gruber (Verbund Hydro Power GmbH), Dr. Günter Hilken (Currenta Gmbh & Co OHG), Jacek Janas (TAURON S.A.), Marin Jašek (CEZ a.s.), Roger Kohlmann (BDEW), Mathsela Koko (ESKOM), Thomas Leitl (Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH), Rolf W. Mathis (Axpo Power AG), Jörg Michels (EnBW Kernkraft GmbH), Roger Miesen (RWE Generation SE), Dr. Hansjörg Roll (MVV Energie AG), Manfred Schumacher (GKM AG), Dr. Georgios Stamatelopoulos (EnBW AG), Roberto Testa (ENEL), Hans ten Berge (Eurelectric) and Alexander van Ofwegen (Vattenfall BU Heat).

VGB PowerTech e.V. is the European technical association for power and heat generation based in Essen. Its 478 members from 34 countries represent a power generation capacity of 466,000 MW, including 100,000 MW in the renewables segment. VGB connects expertise and services in the fields of technology, operation, environmental and climate protection as well as operational and maintenance management for all types of power generation.

At the VGB Congress 2016 in Leipzig, business representatives, politicians and researchers meet on 21 and 22 September 2016 to discuss current topics of the industry under the slogan, “New Horizons: Navigating the Power Industry in Times of Change”.