Power Plant Technology Colloquium 2026
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.
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Venue Map and Hotels Around
Dresden - Internationales Congress Center Dresden, Saxony, Germany