Newsletter

June 2013 Construction Products Regulation - Master-Declaration of Performance for Fly Ash According EN 450-1 * Conference: The Future Role of Gas to Power in Germany * Background Report to the Changes in EN 450-1 "Fly Ash for Concrete" available * Biomass co-combustion in electricity and heat generation - VGB PowerTech Journal 6/2013 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
May 2013 VGB/EURELECTRIC’s Generators Network Code: Debate with Consultant Regarding Needs, Feasibility, Alternative Solutions and Costs * VGB White Paper "Torrefied/Refined Pellets for Biomass Co-Firing" * VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies * Nuclear Power, Operation of Nuclear Power Plants - VGB PowerTech Journal 05/2013 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
April 2013 VGB PowerTech: Greenpeace study on coal power stations masks significant findings * VGB supports the Excellence Enhancement Center – Successful Workshops in New Delhi and Bangalore * Guidebook "Demonstration of Large Scale Biomass Co-Firing and Supply Chain Integration – DEBCO" * Coal Handling in Power Plants - VGB-M211e * Maintenance-compatible documentation - VGB-S-029-S-00;2012-03-EN * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
March 2013 European Working Group "Biomass Ash" established * Round-robin test of FGD-gypsum * Heinrich Mandel-Prize 2013 - Call for Proposals * VGB Conference "Power Plants in Competition 2013" * Chemistry in power plants - VGB PowerTech Journal 03/2013 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
January/February 2013 Increased cooperation between EWEA and VGB * Turkish-German Energy Forum: VGB coordinates the activities of the German working group "Conventional power stations, modernization of power stations and lignite extraction" * Final Conference "DEmonstration of large scale Biomass CO-firing and supply chain integration – DEBCO" - presentations * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2013" * Civil Engineering for Power Plants - VGB-S-026-00-2012-08-DE * Application of data reconciliation in accordance with VDI 2048 - VGB-S-009-S-00;2012-03.EN * Electrical Generating Unit Protection - VGB-S-025-00-2012-11-EN * Recommendations for Design and Properties of Waste-fuelled Steam Generators - VGB-M216e * Particularities of Fire Protection of Waste to Energy Plants - VGB-S-217-00-2012-11-EN * VGB Congress 2012: Security of Supply - Power Generation at the Crossroads? - VGB PowerTech Journal 1-2/2013 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
December 2012 Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year * Global CCS Institute published 2012 status report * UK cost report confirms competitiveness of CCS * Deferral of NER300 funding decision proposed * Final Conference "DEmonstration of large scale Biomass CO-firing and supply chain integration" (DEBCO) * VGB Safety & Health Award 2012 Granted for the First Time * VGB Quality Award 2012 for FutureEnergy * E-world energy & water 2013 * VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies * The Next VGB Newsletter Will be Published in February 2013 * Sampling and Physico-Chemical Monitoring of Water and Steam Cycles - VGB-S-006-00-2012-09-EN * Coal Bunkers – Planning, Design, Equipment and Operation - VGB-M206e * Gas Distributor Plates in Fluidized Bed Systems - VGB-M218e * VGB PowerTech Media Data 2013 * VGB Congress "Power Plants 2012" - Security of Supply - Power Generation at the Crossroads? – Fluidised bed combustion - VGB PowerTech Journal 12/2012 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
November 2012 VGB Congress Power Plants 2012: Restructuring of European power generation must not endanger the security of supply or competitive power prices * Electricity Generation - Facts and Figures 2012/2013 * Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2012 for Christophe Vallée * Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2013" * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2013" * Basic Terms of the Electric Utility Industry - VGB-S-002-T-01;2012-05.EN * Feed Water, Boiler Water and Steam Quality for Power Plants / Industrial Plants - VGB-S-010-T-00;2011-12.EN * Material specification for components under pressure in fossil-fired power plants - VGB-S-109-00-2012-08-DE-EN * VGB Abbreviation catalogue for power plant technology - VGB-S-891-00-2012-06-DE-EN (Print + CD) * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
October 2012 Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2013" * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2013" * VGB-TW103Ae "Analysis of Unavailability of Thermal Power Plants" * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
September 2012 Seveso-III-Directives Published * E.ON Starts Construction of Power-to-gas Pilot Plant in Germany * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2013" * Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2013" * VGB-S-008-S-00-2011-03-EN "Recommendations for the SIL classification of safety-related systems in steam boiler systems and systems in the water-steam circuit" * VGB-TW103Ve "Availability of Thermal Power Plants 2002 - 2011" * Renewables and Decentralised Small Plants, Special Edition: VGB Congress "Power Plants 2012", Mannheim/Germany - VGB PowerTech Journal 09/2012 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
August 2012 CEN Members Approved the European Standard for Fly Ash for Concrete * Revision of FGD Gypsum Quality Criteria Completed * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2013" * Supplement Programme VGB Congress "POWER PLANTS 2012", 10 - 12 October 2012 in Mannheim * VGB-S003-01-2012-07-EN "Availability of Thermal Power Plants" * Steam Turbines and Steam Turbine Operation - Civil Engineering in Power Plants - VGB PowerTech Journal 8/2012 * Dates * Information for Members [more...]