Tolga Akertek
Dipl.-Ing.
speaks: Turkish, German, English
tolga.akertek (at) egas-energy.com
kiwi AG, Kösching
Process engineer
Tolga is a process engineer. He studied "Chemical Engineering" at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and did his master's degree in "Process Engineering with a focus on renewable energies" at the Hochschule Offenburg, Germany.
Tolga has been working in the field of "Renewable Energies" since 2008. During his studies he did research at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg, Germany in the field of high temperature PEM fuel cells. In his master thesis he worked on electricity generation from geothermal energy.
Since 2011, Tolga has been working in the field of "Power-to-Gas (PtG)". As a process engineer at ETOGAS GmbH (formerly Solarfuel GmbH), he developed the world's first and largest industrial PtG plant at Audi AG in Werlte, Germany, that was successfully commissioned in 2013. In 2016, he took over the operational management of this same PtG plant at Audi egas-Betreibergesellschaft mbH.
Furthermore, he was responsible for the implementation of several lighthouse projects at the site: for the direct marketing of the green hydrogen produced, the PtG plant was expanded in 2018 with a compressor and loading station for tank trucks. In addition, a "first-of-its-kind" liquefaction plant was designed and successfully commissioned at the site in 2020-2021. This enabled the production of synthetic LNG (eLNG) for the first time in the world and to demonstrate its use in shipping. Various research projects, such as the integration of a reversible steam electrolyzer (RSOC), are also ongoing at the site, which Tolga is responsible for.
Since the PtG plant was acquired by Kiwi AG, Tolga has continued to be involved in the production and distribution of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels as technical manager and shareholder.
Tolga is convinced that hydrogen is the energy carrier of the present and future. He brings his many years of expertise in the production of green hydrogen and e-fuels to movingpower GmbH.
convex ZT GmbH
Licensed engineering and management consultancy
speaks: 20 languages
www.convex.at
convex ZT GmbH is an owner-managed, interdisciplinary planning office in the field of civil engineering with moren than 50 employees and offices in four countries. The convex ZT GmbH team consists of civil engineers, architects, building and electrical engineers and works at the locations Graz/Austria, Istanbul/Turkey, Cluj-Napoca/Romania and Plovdiv/Bulgaria. convex is the parent company of movingpower GmbH.
For 40 years, convex ZT GmbH has been developing economical and sustainable solutions for thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, wind power plants, industrial buildings, paper mills as well as for bridge construction, noise protection and revitalisation of existing buildings. convex ZT GmbH supervises construction projects from their beginning to their end, prepares feasibility studies, design plans, cost estimates, approval and tender plans as well as execution plans, and manages the project and supervises the construction site. With execution projects in more than 45 countries, convex ZT GmbH is familiar with a wide range of national and international standards and customs in the construction industry.
The convex ZT GmbH team is convinced that hydrogen is an indispensable energy carrier and brings its entire expertise in the planning of power plants to movingpower GmbH.
Anita Hiden
speaks: German, English
office (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Head of Office Management
Anita is in charge of office management, bookkeeping and accounting at movingpower GmbH, and is always available to answer any organisational questions.
KIWI AG
Public limited company for the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale
Chairman of the Board: Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Hermann Pengg
www.egas-energy.de/kiwi-AG/
KIWI AG owns and operates the 6.3 MW power-to-gas plant in Werlte, Germany. The plant has been producing green hydrogen and synthetic methane since autumn 2013.
KIWI AG sees green hydrogen as the energy carrier of the near future, and brings more than 10 years of expertise in the construction and operation of green hydrogen plants to movingpower GmbH.
Wolfgang Maier
Engineer for mechanical and business economics
Speaks: German, English, Spanish (basic knowledge)
wolfgang.maier (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Mechanical & business economics engineer
Wolfgang is a mechanical and business economics engineer. He completed his technical education in Graz/Austria. He has been working in the industrial plant engineering sector since 1990, and has held positions at Solarfuel GmbH and Promax GmbH, among others. Currently he is self-employed with the Technical Office Ing. Wolfgang Maier, and cooperation partner of movingpower GmbH.
Wolfgang has more than 30 years of experience in international industrial plant engineering in the fields of energy & environment, pulp & paper and chemicals. His core competencies are project management, quality management, contract and claim management and risk management. In the course of his career, Wolfgang has managed projects with an investment volume of up to €700 million. He has worked in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Finland, USA, Indonesia, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Tasmania (Australia) and Malaysia. Between 1999 and 2019, he established and managed a technical office for design and project management in industrial plant engineering with over 30 employees as managing partner. Since 2019, he is working as a self-employed consultant, putting his expertise at the service of sustainable and innovative technologies.
Wolfgang is convinced that hydrogen is indispensable as an energy carrier. From 2010 to 2013, he played a leading role in the construction of the world's first industrial-scale Power to Gas (P2G) plant for the plant manufacturer SolarFuel GmbH (now: EtoGas of HZI AG). During this time, Wolfgang was significantly involved in the project development, implemented an organizational and operational structure, and led the project team of specialists from the required fields. Wolfgang brings this unique experience and his unconditional dedication and consistency in pursuing project goals to movingpower GmbH.
Josef Reisel
Dipl.-Ing.
speaks: German, English
josef.reisel (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Mechanical engineer
Josef is a mechanical engineer. He studied at the Vienna University of Technology. He has been working in the power generation sector since 1994 and has held positions at Austrian Energy/Babcock GmbH, Alstom Austria GmbH and APPA Consult GmbH. He is currently self-employed with EnergyConsult JR GmbH and a cooperation partner of movingpower GmbH. Josef is Vice President of the World Energy Council Austria, an NGO that promotes a secure, resource-efficient, economic, environmentally and socially responsible energy supply.
Josef is working in the energy generation business since more than 30 years, both in construction and maintenance. At Austrian Energy/Babcock GmbH, Josef headed the modernisation and service division for steam generators, and was responsible for its expansion to include the modernisation of entire plants. At Alstom Austria GmbH, Josef was responsible for project development and sales of gas and steam power plants, hydropower plants and switchgear stations for 15 years. He also built up and managed the service department for power plant components at Alstom Austria GmbH. His focus was on reorganisation, change management and changes to the product portfolios, as well as expanding the scope of services for upgrades and modernisation to include components from third-party suppliers.
Josef sees hydrogen as an essential energy carrier for the near future. He brings his many years of expertise in upgrading existing gas turbine plants from natural gas to hydrogen to movingpower GmbH.
Stefan Romen
Dipl.-Ing.
speaks: German, Italian, English
stefan.romen (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Mechanical engineer
Stefan is a mechanical engineer. He studied at the Vienna Technical University in Austria. He has worked in the power generation industry since 1994, and has held positions at VA TECH Hydro GmbH, AE&E Power Plant Systems GmbH and PSEC Power Solution & Engineering Consulting GmbH, among others. He is currently self-employed with SR Consulting & Management GmbH, and a cooperation partner of movingpower GmbH.
Stefan has been working exclusively for international energy projects for over two decades, from the development of projects to the operation of realised plants. He was responsible for cycle engineering and the design of power plants in the early project phases, as well as for the training of operating personnel at the end of the projects. The investment costs of the projects Stefan has been and is involved in are usually between 200 and 400 million euros, with a respective project duration of 20 to 32 months. Stefan's strength to listen, understand and then decide quickly has certainly contributed to the great success of the 950 MW combined cycle power plant project in Bandirma/Turkey, which Stefan managed from start to finish.
Stefan repeatedly comes into contact with hydrogen as an energy carrier in his ongoing project developments in energy technology. Stefan is convinced that green hydrogen will be indispensable as an energy carrier in the near future and brings his cumulative expertise in energy technology to movingpower GmbH.
Bernd Spatzenegger
Dipl.-Ing.
speaks: German, English
bernd.spatzenegger (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Bernd is an electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and industrial engineer. He completed his training as an electrical engineer at the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt in Salzburg, and then studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology and economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and the University of Klagenfurt. He has been working in plant engineering and power generation since 1995, and has held positions at Mannesmann Anlagenbau GmbH, VAMED AG, emc Austria GmbH and FMT GmbH, among others. He is currently self-employed with p-m-consult e.U., and a cooperation partner of movingpower GmbH.
Bernd has worked for over 25 years in the realisation of power plants and industrial facilities as a project engineer, project manager, division manager or managing director; in all project phases: from development to planning, construction to operation. He has extensive experience in project management, technical project implementation and transition to plant operation, with private, industrial and public clients.
Bernd has had many encounters with hydrogen in the course of his work, and believes that, when produced green, it will become an essential energy carrier in the near future. He brings all his experience as an electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and industrial engineer to movingpower GmbH.
Timur Uzunoglu
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. MICE CEng
speaks: German, Turkish, English, French
timur.uzunoglu (at) movingpower.at
movingpower GmbH, Graz
Managing Director
Timur is a civil engineer. He studied at the Vienna University of Technology, and received his PhD from the Graz University of Technology, both in Austria. He has been working in the field of power engineering since 1997, and has held positions at AST BaugesmbH and Coteba-Ast Projektmanagement GmbH. He founded convex ZT GmbH in Graz in 2004, which he still owns and manages. Timur is a lecturer at the FH Joanneum in Graz and has been teaching courses such as Industrial Construction and Construction Contracts since 2005. He represents the British "Institution of Civil Engineers" in Austria.
Timur is at home in the project management and civil design of power plants. With his engineering practice convex ZT GmbH he has been involved in power plant projects with a total of more than 15,000 MW in more than 35 countries. He has specific experience in the civil design of gas and steam, coal, hydro and wind power plants. With convex ZT GmbH, he consults investors and plant engineering companies, starting with the feasibility study, environmental impact assessment, permit design up to the execution design and construction supervision.
Timur is convinced that the time has come to switch from coal and gas as energy sources. Following his conviction, he founded movingpower GmbH, which is a consulting company dedicated to the entire value cycle of green hydrogen. Timur has practical experience with PtX plants and, with his engineering practice convex ZT GmbH, has prepared the building permit and execution design for a Wind2H2 plant in Austria.
Kristof Warrink
MSc
speaks: German, English
kristof.warrink (at) egas-energy.com
kiwi AG, Kösching
Process engineer
Kristof is chemical engineer. He did his Bachelor's degree in "Chemical Engineering/Environmental Engineering" at Emden University of Applied Sciences in Leer, Germany, and then completed his Master's degree in "Chemical Engineering" at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany.
Kristof has worked as a process engineer and energy manager for 10 years. In particular, he was responsible for the technical support and optimisation of the production processes at Dralon GmbH in Lingen, Germany. Currently, Kristof is the operations manager of the PtG plant in Werlte, Germany, which is owned by kiwi AG.
Kristof is convinced that hydrogen will play an important role as a sustainable energy carrier in the future. He contributes with his many years of expertise in the field of process optimisation to movingpower GmbH.