UNIFYING THE VOICES OF HYDROPOWER

ETIP HYDROPOWER Governing Board Members

Following online elections held during October 2023 we are pleased to announce that the ETIP HYDROPOWER Governing Board comprises the following members:

Sector 1: Hydropower Industry & Technology

Dr. Jürgen Schuol

Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

DI Peter Stettner

Andritz Hydro Gmbh
Head of Market Strategy

AUSTRIA

Co-Chair

Ing. August Meindl

Wasserrat - Ingenieurbüro
Consultant and Owner

AUSTRIA

Mr Pierre Pisterman

HYDRO POWER PLANT

FRANCE

Mr. Fadi Haddad

BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU GMBH

GERMANY

Sector 2: Operators & Owners of Large Hydropower & Pumped Storage Plants

Dr. Gundula Konrad

VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH

AUSTRIA

Pumped Hydro Pr Fernando Perán Montero

Iberdrola Renewables

SPAIN

Dr Denis Aelbrecht

Electricite de France (EDF) - Hydro Engineering Center

FRANCE

Chair

Dr Benjamin Graff

Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR)

FRANCE

Mr Martin Georgiev

Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (NEK EAD)

BULGARIA

Sector 3: Independent Owners of Small Hydropower Plants (<10MW)

Mr Ghislain Weisrock

France Hydro Electricité

FRANCE

Dr. Wolfram Malzfeldt

BDW (Bundesverband Deutscher Wasserkraftwerke)
Representative of BDW for Europe

GERMANY

Sector 4: Designers, Planners, Project Developers

Mr Stevcho Mitovski

University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Civil Engineering Faculty – S

MACEDONIA

Ms Sera Lazaridou

Hydroexigiantiki SA

GREECE

Ms. Maria Güell i Pons

SECO - State Secretariat for Economics Affairs
Program Manager - Infrastructure Investments

SWITZERLAND

Sector 5: Finance, Business & Insurance

Mrs Bettina Geisseler

GEISSELER LAW (law firm)

GERMANY

MS Maryse Francois

MFX CONSULTING

FRANCE

Sector 6: Research, Innovation & Development

Chair Professor Staffan Lundström

Luleå University of Technology

SWEDEN

Dr. Antonella Frigerio

Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.

ITALY

Co-Chair

Dr. Eduard Doujak

TU Wien, Institute for Energy Systems and Thermodynamics

AUSTRIA

Dr.-Eng. Jeffrey Tuhtan

Tallinn University of Technology

ESTONIA

Professor Bogdan POPA

POLITEHNICA Bucharest

ROMANIA

Sector 7: Environment & Civil Society

Dr François K. Edwards

Apem Ltd

UNITED KINGDOM

Dr. Klaus Jorde

KJ Consult / IEA Hydropower Technology Collaboration Programme

AUSTRIA

Dr Anastasius Youtsos

Ministry of Development, National Research and Innovation Counci

GREECE

Sector Scientific Advisory Board Representative

Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU / EERA

NORWAY

ETIP HYDROPOWER Working Group Chairperson

WG1: Hydropower Role for Flexibility and Storage

Dr. Eduard Doujak
TU Wien, Institute for Energy Systems and Thermodynamics
AUSTRIA

WG2: Hydropower and Biodiversity

Dr Christoph Hauer
BOKU
Austria

WG3: Hydropower and Climate Change (adaptation and mitigation)

Dr Benjamin Graff
CNR
France

WGA: Overview of Past and Current European R&I Projects for Hydropower

Dr Emanuele Quaranta
JRC
Italy