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VGB PowerTech: Technical competence centre for wind power at the NRW booth of HUSUM Wind 2017

 International association pools exchange of technical experience for wind energy

VGB study: Wind Energy in Germany and Europe

 The main objective of this study is to provide facts and plausibility checks related to electricity supply from wind energy in Germany and 17 European countries with emphasis on the current status and main challenges for reliable and secure power supply ...

Flexible coal-fired power plants – German experience sought after at GIZ workshop in Beijing

 China has ambitious goals for the expansion of its renewable energy sector, with plans to increase primary energy consumption from 13.6% currently to 20% by 2030. Given that the country has a total installed capacity of ca. 1.650 GW currently, the absolute capacity growth is gigantic.

Statement on the adoption of the BAT conclusions of LCP BREF by the Article 75 Forum in accordance with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)

 The European requirements for emissions from power plants were adopted on28 April 2017 by the member states in the context of the LCP-BREF (Large Combustion Plants - Best Available Techniques Reference Document) revision process, at the proposal of the EU Commission.

Time for redesign - VGB PowerTech's homepage shows its new look

 VGB PowerTech presents its new homepage on the internet. The redesign of vgb.org provides a dynamical design with visual elements, increased options for news and a clearly separated presentation of up-to-date VGB events.

The start of a flexibility study in India: VGB team visits two NTPC power plants

 At the beginning of March a VGB team visited the power plants Dadri and Simhadri, which are owned and operated by India's largest energy provider NTPC, thus enabling it to gather comprehensive information about plant operation. This visit marks the start of a technical study about the flexibility potential of thermal power plants in India. This study is part of a Flexibility Roadmap, which has been developed under the auspices of the Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF) and the support of the Excellence Enhancement Centre (EEC).

EURELECTRIC and VGB announce strengthened cooperation on hydropower representation in Brussels

 EURELECTRIC and VGB PowerTech have announced today that they will strengthen their cooperation in the field of hydropower generation at the European level. The comprehensive expertise of the two associations will provide the basis to ensure proper representation of hydropower at the European level, with EURELECTRIC focussing on the political advocacy and VGB providing technical analysis and research.

VGB/BAW-Standard Corrosion protection for offshore wind structures and wind park components published in English

 The growing number of wind turbines in Europe and the world raise new challenges to operators. To reduce the cost of installation and operation and to increase operating reliability, a coordinated and joint analysis of operating experience is an absolute necessity. Apart from exchanging information and experience, the participating companies mainly strive to promote standardisation (best practice).

A VGB team speaks in New Delhi about its experiences with making thermal power plants more flexible

 India has set itself ambitious goals for the expansion of renewable energies: Its installed capacity should increase to 175 GW by 2022. Currently, India's energy mix is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels – with the share of fossil fuels accounting for almost 70 per cent of the current installed capacity of 309 GW. It is against this backdrop that intensive discussions about strategies and concepts for efficiently shaping an energy transition are getting underway in India as well. All parties involved agree that flexible thermal power plants should play a key role in this development.

New emission limits in India – VGB team reports about its experiences at workshops in Kolkata, Raipur and Hyderabad

 Under the motto "Implementation of New Environment Norms for Thermal Power Generation – Learning from German Experiences", the Excellence Enhancement Centre (EEC) organised workshops at three locations in India – Kolkata, Raipur and Hyderabad – over the period November 15 – 19, 2016. Representatives of Doosan Lentjes, Hamon, Steinmüller Babcock Environment, Steag Energy Services, Uniper and VGB reported about their experiences in retrofitting and operating flue gas cleaning equipment in coal-fired power plants.
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