Power Plant Technology Colloquium 2026

Power Plant Technology Colloquium Dresden 2026
From October 06, 2026 until October 07, 2026
(Please double-check the dates and location on the organizer below before attending.)

57th Power Plant Technology Colloquium 2025

The 57th Power Plant Technology Colloquium (KWTK) was held on October 7–8, 2025 at the International Congress Center Dresden, organized by the Chair of Energy Process Engineering at TU Dresden.

Key Figures

  • 981 on-site participants and 10 online attendees
  • 91 specialist presentations by renowned experts
  • 105 exhibitors in a fully booked company exhibition
  • Plenary session and panel discussion included

Main Topics & Categories

  • Hydrogen technologies
  • Operation and maintenance
  • Modern plant service
  • CO₂ capture
  • Biomass utilization
  • Emission reduction
  • Security of supply
  • Nuclear energy systems

Highlights

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beckmann opened the colloquium. A panel discussion featured guests from politics and industry including Dr. Andreas Handschuh (Chief of the Saxon State Chancellery), Dr. Christof Günther, Jürgen Pfeiffer, Daniel Keller, Dr.-Ing. Heiko Knopf, and Adolf Roesch, with Dr. Christian Ehler joining online.

The Werner Boie Prize was awarded to Laurenz May, M.Sc. (RWTH Aachen University) for his outstanding work on the effects of flexibilization and hydrogen combustion in gas turbines on the development of H₂-ready compensators.

A detailed conference report was scheduled for publication in the vgbe Journal.


Register for entry or booths

Please register at the organizer website of Power Plant Technology Colloquium

Venue Map and Hotels Around

Dresden - Internationales Congress Center Dresden, Saxony, Germany