News

1)  Revision of BREF LCP

2)  VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies

New publications

3)  Power Plants in Competition - VGB PowerTech Journal 07/2009

Dates

VGB Congress "POWER PLANTS 2009" with technical exhibition September 23 - 25, 2009, Lyon/France
http://www.vgb.org/en/hv_2009_e.html

5th ETC Generation and Technology Workshop "Operational Asset Management of Power Plants" October 22, 2009, Dublin/Ireland
http://www.vgb.org/5th_etc_oct2010.html

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2009" with technical exhibition October 28/29, 2009, Dresden/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik_09_e.html

Information for Members

News

> List of New Power Plants in Europe: Update June 2009 < The list New Power Plants comprises power plants in planning and under construction in Europe. Energy sources like gas, hard coal, lignite, wind, water, waste etc. are considered. Based on the list, the planned total output (MW) and the portions of the sources of energy (MW) can be determined. Due to political and economic decisions, the list lives with further planning measures and with cancellations. The current list is available in the member area for download:
https://www.vgb.org/en/newplants.html

New Abstracts of Minutes

Biogas - 5th March 2009
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bg_05.html

Biomass - 20th November 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bi_18.html

Fossil-fired Power Plants - 21st November 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ha_fs_22.html

Pipe Systems, Valves and Pressure Vessels - 28th/29th October 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_ra_25.html

Power Plant Concepts - 26th November 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_kk_15.html

Supervision of Construction and Assembly/Quality Supervision - 10th/11th Novermber 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bm_24.html

Use of Renewables and Distributed Generation - 30th March 2009
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_ee_17.html

Wind Energy - 5th February 2009
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_we_20.html

1) Revision of BREF LCP

The "Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for Large Combustion Plants" (BREF LCP) from July 2006 will be revised. VGB Members may send their amendment proposals to:
mailto:bernhard.pieper@vgb.org

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ippc/brefs/lcp_bref_0706.pdf

2) VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies

The VGB Job Market is offering prospective persons the possibility to develop their career in the range of power and heat generation. You can find current vacancies for Engineers/Physicists (m/f) on our homepage.

http://www.vgb.org/en/jobmarket.html

3) Power Plants in Competition - VGB PowerTech Journal 07/2009

Main topics of the July issue are: The New Power Plant Projects of Eskom - An Overview of Medupi and Kusile Power Plants; Current Projects and Strategies for RWE Power's Future Fossil-fired Power Generation; Technical Benchmarking - Tool for Better Performance; Imported Coal - Market Overview: Operational and Technical Implications for the Entire Power Plant.

Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/current_issue.html