The share of renewable energy is growing rapidly driven by the objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of electric power which can be supplied to the grid depends on the time of the day and weather conditions. A conventional fleet of thermal power plants is required to compensate for these fluctuations before large scale energy storage technologies will be mature and economically viable. All power market projections expect this to be the case for the next 50 years at least. For a strong expansion of renewables, this fleet has to operate flexibly at competitive cost. Current power plants cannot fill this role immediately without impeding their efficiency and engine lifetime through increased wear and damage induced by the higher number of (shorter) operating/loading cycles. New technologies need to be introduced to balance demand peaks with renewable output fluctuations at minimal fuel consumption and emissions without negative effects on cycling operation. The FLEXTURBINE partners have developed a medium to long term technology roadmap addressing future and existing power plants. The FLEXTURBINE project presented hereafter is the first step in such technology roadmap and consists of: (1) new solutions for extended operating ranges to predict and control flutter, (2) improved sealing and bearing designs to increase turbine lifetime and efficiency by reducing degradation/damages, and (3) an improved lifecycle management through better control and prediction of critical parts to improve competitive costs by more flexible service intervals and planned downtime, and by reducing unplanned outages. In all areas, individual technologies will be developed from TRL 3 to TRL 4-6. FLEXTURBINE brings together the main European turbine manufacturers, renowned research institutes and universities. It involves plant and transmission system operators to include user feedback and to prepare the take-up of the FLEXTURBINE technologies in power plants world-wide.

According to ILO Green Jobs Programme, green jobs are one of the main instruments of transforming economies, enterprises, workplaces, labour markets in to low-carbon, sustainable economy providing proper works.Green jobs reduce environmental impact of enterprises, they contribute to reducing need for energy and raw materials, avoiding green house emissions, minimizng waste and pollution, restoring ecosystem services like clean water, flood protection and biodiversity.Despite it has a big potential even in developing countries, it needs to be promoted by investments and programmes targeting at those who need them most: Young people, women and the poor.Only In Turkey, according to article from yesilekonomi.com, 50000 new green jobs are expected with 50-70 billion € new investment in environmental field in following two years. According to specialists, these investments will create jobs for scale of people from high school graduate to economists and engineers.In spite of such a big employment potential, there are certainly lack of resources and guides leading and informing young people on conditions, requirements, education, entrepreneurship oppurtunities, projected growth of local and European green jobs. Being inspired from mentioned needs, our project aimed to promote Green Jobs among young people who are looking for proper occupation or specialization area.Besides that, the project targeted to:- inform young people about profiles of Green Jobs,- help young people to find right Green Occupation matching to their own skills,- help young people to use Career Planning Tools.The intellectual outputs of the project were Green Career Guide Book and Web Site with Interactive Career Planning Tools.Interactive Career Planning tools integrated in to web site provided personalized career sugesstion according to skills and interest of users. Thats the most innovative side of the project output making it different from existing web links and other resources.Other difference making side of the project is that project outputs were designed to attract attention of young people using visiual elements instead of long and boring texts. This method will benefit from visual comprehension tendency of young people.All these studies were implemented by a strong consortium established by 4 reputable Education Institutions, one Green Engineering Company and one Career Development Guidance Company, which complements each others