Tuesday, 23rd April 2013

Opening of the exhibition
Invitation for “Get-Together

Wednesday, 24th April 2013

Plenary Sessions

Legislative environment for power plants in the EU
Dr. Susanne Nies, Eurelectric, Brussels/Belgium

The new role of publicUtilities in the energy transition
Johannes Steinhauer, Geschäftsführer, swn gesellschaft für erneuerbare Energien mbH Neuss, Germany

Opportunities of public utilities in the energy transition
Dr. Udo Brockmeier, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Germany

Section A
Technologies for new challenges

Market-driven retrofits and upgrades to existing power plants
Herbert Kempken, Steag Energy Services GmbH, Essen

Retrofit of Rodenhuize 4 power station: The projects Max Green and Cold Back-up
Dr. Stefan Hamel, Dr.-Ing. Christan Storm, Babcock Borsig Steinmüller GmbH, Oberhausen, Peter Goorden, Electrabel N.V., Desteldonk/Belgium, Thomas Bauthier, Tractebel Engineering s.a., Brussels/Belgium

Analysis of the firing system and the thermal engineering of 600 MW steam generators at low load
Tobias Linke, Rainer Hesse, Dr. Christian Fielenbach, RWE Power AG Grevenbroich

Eskom’s New Build Program (Medupi and Kusile)
Abram Masango, ESKOM Holdings SOC Limited, Witbank/South Africa

Section B
Operation

Complexity and networked thinking in the control room
Dieter Lühr, Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG, Hamburg, Nadia Hatlapa, CM2, Hamburg

Optimised use of assets by means of enery management systems - demonstrated with concrete examples
Dewes, Fortum Power and Heat Oy, Fortum/Finland

9%-Chromium Steel P91 and P92 in German power plants (from 1991-up to now)
Dr. Mirko Bader, Jörg Reiner Thümer, Klaus Glasenapp, E.ON Anlagenservice GmbH, Gelsenkirchen

Efficiency increase and generation cost reduction at bituminous coal-fired power plants. Post-combustion of combustion residues from co-firing of RDF and biomass during dry ash removal
Günter Baur, Magaldi Power GmbH, Esslingen, Olaf Spindeldreher, RWE Power AG, Werne

Section A
Technologies for new challenges

Flexibility of fossil-fired power plant as a key requirement for increasing renewable energy supply
Imo Pfaff, E.ON New Build & Technology GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Mathias Fruth, Dr.-Ing. Lars Wiese, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH, Hannover

Power Plant Tusimice Retrofit
Jan Stancl, Skoda Praha Invest S.V.O., Prague/Czech Republic

Layout comparison of ESKOM Ingula and Vattenfall Goldisthal PSPP
Desigan Padayachee, ESKOM, Johhannesburg/South Africa, Detlef Hagh, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG, Dresden, Peter Strohmer, Tino Schlemmer, Vattenfall PowerConsult GmbH, Dresden

Operating Experience with the offshore wind park Alpha Ventus
Rudolf Neuwirth, E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH, München

Visit oft he technical exhibition

Section B
Operation

Operational challenges of a closed coal storage
Stefanie Pfriem, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH, Kraftwerk Staudinger, Großkrotzenburg

Successful implementation of life-time-management exemplified at the cooling tower of Nuclear Power Plant Emsland
Dr. Alexander Fischer, HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, Frankfurt am Main,
Carsten Düweling, Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Emsland, Lingen

J920 Large Gas Engine combines CHP and Flexibility
Dr. Klaus Payrhuber, GE Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG, Jenbach/Austria

Large Scale CFB Biomass Power Plants - Experience of the Plant Flexibility
Timo Jäntti, Juha Räsänen, Kalle Nuortimo, Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, Varkaus/Finland

Thursday, 25th April 2013

Section A
Technologies for new challenges

Enhancements in wind energy technology and system integration by the example of the new GE WEA 2.5-120 WTG
Stephan Wachtel, GE Wind Energy GmbH, Hamburg

The New Low NOx Burner
Akira Hattori, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Shinji Matsumoto, Ryuichiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Domoto, Tomonori Saeki, Naofumi Abe, Hirotomo Hirahara, Keigo Matumoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki/Japan, Masato Saito, Japan Joint Power Co., Ltd., Nakoso Power Station, Fukushima/Japan

Isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage Combined Cycle (ISACOAST-CC)
Lasse Nielsen, Dipl.-Ing. Dawei Qi, Niels Brinkmeier, Prof. Reinhard Leithner, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig

Section C
Simulation, Studies, Surveillance

Condition monitoring and lifetime management for civil engineering constructions in power plants
Dr.-Ing. Dieter Lehnen, ZERNA Planen und Prüfen GmbH, Bochum

Haliade 150 - 6MW Optimised offshore maintenance design
Markus Rieck, ALSTOM Deutschland AG, Berlin

Increasing the competitiveness of wind energy via wind-field reconstruction
Dr. Fabio Bertolotti, SSB Wind Systems, Salzbergen

Section D
Education & Training

Structure of training of KRAFTWERKSSCHULE (Power Plant Training Center) in the field of renewable energies
Jörg Schulte-Trux, KRAFTWERKSSCHULE E.V., Essen

Restructuring of the training of power plant operators - Challenges and opportunities
Markus Bieder, Stadtwerke Münster GmbH, Münster

Training 4 Future - Building set for competences, practical applications and concrete planning aids
Thomas Bölz, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Stuttgart

Knowledge Management in the Area of Operations, Technology and Maintenance
Dr. Walter Hahn, Dr. Kalaitzis & Partner GmbH, Dortmund

Section C
Simulation, Studies, Surveillance

Combining migration and optimization of DCS in a scheduled maintenance. Use of a simulator for a faultless DCS commissioning and startup!
Thomas Schröck, RWE Power AG, Grevenbroich, Ingo Albrecht, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Horst-Günther Stürenburg, KRAFTWERKSSCHULE E.V., Essen

Measures for flexibility of steam generators in low-load operation
Dr. Stefan Hamel, Christoph Nachtigall, Phillipp Schiffer, Babcock Borsig Steinmüller GmbH, Oberhausen

General algorithm for the validation of acceptance test measurements according to VDI-Guideline 2048 for the use with cycle simulation programs
Elmar Zander, Andreas Hauschke, Prof. Reinhard Leithner, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig

Plenary Session
Outlook on the future Energy Market

Development of renewable energy and impact on conventional power plants
Dr. Jens Biet, BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V., Berlin

Energy-only and capacity market models and the economics of the power sector in a simulation of the North-West European electricity market
Christian Redl, Sebastiaan Hers, Thijs Slot, Wim van der Veen, Emmanuel de Corte, DNV KEMA, Arnheim/Netherlands

New-build power plant projects in Europe: Between new challenges, imminent supply gap, climate and investment opportunities
Dirk Briese, Jens Gatena, trend:research GmbH, Bremen