Namaste India – Indian delegation visits the VGB Congress

A high-ranking Indian delegation with representatives from the Ministry of Energy, the Central Electricity Authority as well as from different companies and institutions will participate in the VGB Congress in Leipzig.

An “India Meet and Greet” will take place at the exhibition on September 20, 2016, as part of the get together. Interested parties have the chance to learn more about the diverse opportunities that exist in the Indian energy market and to interact with sector experts. The Indian energy sector has at the top of its agenda ambitious targets for building up its renewable energy capabilities as well as flexibility requirements and new emission regulations for thermal power plants. The Congress visit forms part of the study tour initiated by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy under the auspices of the Indo-German Energy Forum.

Contact: Dr. Claudia Weise

VGB Conference „Steam Turbines and Operation of Steam Turbines 2016” proved very popular

Opening ceremony

The event was very well attended, with about 400 persons. 37 companies presented their products in the technical exhibition.

The main topics focused on: Requirements for operation and maintenance due to the “Energiewende”, operating experience with new technologies, operation and revision of industrial steam turbines, quality assurance new construction and revision (combined cycle), oil management.

In 2018 this conference will takes place in the Rhein-Mosel-Halle in Koblenz, Germany on 6/7 June 2018. Please, save the date already now!

Contact: Peter Richter

New power plants in Europe: Update July 2016

The excel sheet New Power Plants in Europe comprises power plants in planning and under construction. Energy sources like gas, hard coal, lignite, wind, water, waste etc. are considered. Based on this sheet, the planned total output (MW) and the portions of the sources of energy (MW) can be determined.

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Abstracts of Minutes

• Maintenance Management - April 13/14, 2016

Benchmark study on European-Pollutant Release and Transfer Register emission reporting and assessment of best practices

The European-Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) obliges operators of industrial installations to provide data on pollutant release and transfer to their national competent authorities. The nationally checked reports are submitted to the European Commission to be included in the E-PRTR. The E-PRTR database is a publicly accessible electronic database on the Internet.

It is important that the power plant sector has a consistent, practical and cost effective means of reporting under this regime. For this purpose a benchmark study into several aspects of E-PRTR reporting involving ten European operator companies will be performed.

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VGB PowerTech Journal 7 (2016): Maintenance and service, retrofit, policies and projects; Renewables: Maintenance and service, retrofit, policies and projects – Wind power

Editorial

Federico Fioretti

Innovation in Wind Energy

Some topics:

• Maintenance strategies for power plants: Drafting adapted contracts – assumption of risk and liability (Bettina Geisseler)
• Fundamental to the development of the electricity supply in Germany - Challenges to a municipal power company (Dietrich Graf) Download ...
• Preservation of power plants (Jörg Sperling and Frank Udo Leidich)
• Evaluation of ice detection systems for wind turbines (Ulla Heikkilä, Saskia Bourgeois and René Cattin) Download ...

Issue 7/2016

VGB-S-115-00-2016-01-EN-ebook - Recommendations for the inspection and overhaul of steam turbines - Now available as eBook!

These recommendations provide guidelines for scheduling inspections and overhauls, taking into account the type of turbine, the design, the monitoring and diagnostic equipment, the operation regime, the duty and the age of the unit.

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VGB-S-120-00-2016-02-EN-ebook - Exclusion of foreign material ingress into opened systems/components of nuclear power plants - Now available as eBook!

The foreign materials which enter plant systems and components predominantly comprise grinding dust, metal chips, cable ties, welding beads and blasting abrasives for surface cleaning, but also include parts of tools, auxiliary materials and other loose parts which are discarded or forgotten during work. As experience shows, these foreign materials can cause damage or disruption to plant components.

The VGB-Standard VGB-S-120 lists measures which are conducive to maintaining cleanliness in the plant (in mechanical, electrical and chemical regards) during maintenance and modification work.

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VGB PowerTech Journal 8 (2016): Storage technologies, Industrial and cogeneration plants; Civil engineering: Power plants, wind and hydro power plants

Editorial

Dr. Christian Behnke

Appropriate and reliable framework for CHP plants urgently needed

Some topics:

• Integration of thermal energy storage concepts as flexibility options in industrial energy systems (Rene Hofmann, Markus Haider, Sabrina Dusek, Martin Koller and Heimo Walter)
• A new generation of VGB-Standards for civil engineering - An overview (Thomas Eck) Download ...
• Flexibility of industrial CHP plants – Analysis of future operation regimes (Steffen Kahlert, Hartmut Spliethoff, Christian Behnke, Rudolf Heß, Norbert Hönings and Christian Busch) Download ...
• Integration of storage facilities into the energy system - Storage requirements, market development, effects on the industry and cogeneration plants (Jens Gatena)

Current Issue

Alternative water supplies for coal-fired power stations - New report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre

Global energy demand is rising, and water is becoming scarcer in many parts of the world. The power generation industry is often the largest industrial user of fresh water. Many countries with a growing demand for energy are also water stressed. Coal-fired power plants need a reliable supply of water, of a specified quality, that will be available over the lifetime of the plant (often 40 years +). This means alternative water sources will become increasingly important.

In her latest report for the IEA Clean Coal Centre, Anne Carpenter examines non-fresh water sources for coal-fired power plants in China, India, South Africa and the USA. These are the top four thermal coal consuming countries and all have water-stressed regions. The potential water sources are: waste water from municipal water treatment plants, brackish and sea water, mine water, produced water from oil and gas wells (including coalbed methane wells), and water from deep saline aquifers.

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