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3-2015 Cooperation contract between eCl@ss and VGB PowerTech * Technical competence centre for wind power of VGB PowerTech * VGB Conference "Generation in Competition 2015": Using Flexible Technologies to Ensure a Sustainable Energy System * Reminder: VGB Quality Award 2015 Nominations Open Through 15 June 2015 * VGB Innovation Award Proposal Deadline Extended to May 31 * VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2015": Call for Papers - Deadline Extended! * Call for Papers - VGB KELI Conference 2016 * Call for Papers - VGB Conference Maintenance in Power Plants 2016 * BREF-LCP Process - Final Meeting of the Technical Working Group * Abstracts and Minutes * Abstracts and Minutes * VGB PowerTech Journal 4 (2015): Service for Power Plants, Power Plants: Balancing Energy; Electrical Engineering, C&I and Information Processing, Data Bases, IT and IT Security * VGB PowerTech Journal 5 (2015): Nuclear Power, Operation of Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Safety, Materials, Radiation Protection, Disassembly and Disposal * RDS-PP Letter Codes for Power Plant Systems (System Key) - VGB-B101e: Amendment Sheet c (2015-03) available * VGB Events [more...]
March 2015 Reference Model for European Capacity Markets * Thermal Power Plants – a Vital Asset in a New Energy World * Indo-German Energy Forum: VGB Presents “Best Practices for Coal-Based Power Plants in Germany” Report * Results of the Joint Research Project "Partner Steam Power Plant for Renewables" Presented in the Workshop "Flexible Power Plants for the Energiewende" in Brussels * VGB Workshop "Materials and Quality Assurance" with Focus on Quality Assurance of Circulation Pumps in Operation * Greenpeace Report “Smoke & Mirrors” * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2015" * VGB PowerTech Journal 3 (2015): Chemistry in Power Plants * VGB-S-170-42-2014-08-EN - Sampling Points for Process Measurements in Water and Steam Carrying Systems – Type, Selection and Design - Now available as eBook! * VGB-S-165-00-2014-07-EN - Recommendations for the improvement of H2 safety at hydrogen-cooled generators - Now available as eBook! * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
January/February 2015 VGB Quality Award 2015 - Call for Proposals * German State Secretary Rainer Baake to Open the VGB Conference "Generation in Competition 2015" in Berlin - New Conference Concept Includes Renewables * VGB Workshop "Materials and Quality Assurance" with Focus on Quality Assurance of Circulation Pumps in Operation * Research Project "Partner Steam Power Plant for Renewables" * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2015" * VGB Offices have moved * VGB PowerTech Journal 1/2 (2015): VGB Congress 2014 - "Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges" (focus on technical papers) * Designation Codes for Document Kind Classification Codes in Power Plants (DCC key) - VGB-B103e: Amendment Sheet a (2014-11) available * Rules for the Creation of Denominations and their Application for Power Plant Engineering - VGB-B108e: Amendment Sheet c (2014-11) available * KKS-Power Plant Identification System, Guideline and Keypart - VGB-B105e: Amendment Sheet f (2014-11) available * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
December 2014 Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year * Commissioning Peer Review of Eskom new build projects successfully completed * VGB Workshop "Municipal Utilities and Industrial Power Producers 2014" in Dresden * Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2015" * The Next VGB Newsletter Will be Published in February 2015 * VGB-S-036-00-2014-08-EN "Preservation of Steam Turbo-Generator Sets" - Now available as eBook! * VGB PowerTech Journal 12 (2014): VGB Congress 2014 - "Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges" * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
November 2014 Statements on the EC's 2030 Climate & Energy Policy Framework * Indications for legally compliant behavior * Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2015" * Part A: In-service monitoring of turbine oils in steam and gas turbines / Part B: In-service monitoring of fire-resistant fluids for steam and gas turbines - VGB-S-416-00-2014-08-EN * VGB PowerTech Journal 11 (2014): Fuel Technology and Furnaces * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
October 2014 Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges - VGB Congress POWER PLANTS 2014 * Energy Post: European View on the VGB Congress POWER PLANTS * Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2014 for Benjamin Witzel (33) * VGB PowerTech Journal 10 (2014): Steam Turbines and Steam Turbine Operation; Environmental Engineering: Flue Gas Cleaning * Operation of Steam Boiler Installations - Demands on the Operator for the Operation of Steam Boiler Installations of Categories III and IV - VGB-S-031-00-2012-08-EN * Equipment for Cleaning of Heat Transfer Surfaces in Steam Raising Plants - Operation, Maintenance and Expert Systems - VGB-S-221-00-2014-06-EN * VGB-Standards Available as E-books - Digital Know-how at Your Fingertips * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
September 2014 VGB-Standards also Available as E-books - Digital Know-how at Your Fingertips * VGB Annual Report 2013/2014 Now Available * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Generation in Competition 2015" * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2015" * VGB PowerTech Journal 9 (2014): Focus: Renewables and Decentralised Small Plants - Special edition: VGB Congress “Power Plants 2014”, 17 /18 September 2014, Hamburg/Germany * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
August 2014 Comparison of guidelines for fish ladders and for the patency of residual flow reaches * Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2015" * VGB Project 353: Studies on the technique of flue gas desulfurization with seawater focused on a simultaneous generation of electricity and drinking water * VGB PowerTech Journal 8 (2014): Electrical Engineering, C&I and Information Processing, Data Bases, IT and IT Security in Power Plant Engineering, Civil Engineering * Dates * Information for Members [more...]
July 2014 Research on Power Plant Technologies in Germany Stands for Most Modern Technologies * VGB Safety and Health Award 2014 Nominations Open Through 31 July 2014 * VGB Quality Award 2014 Nominations Open Through 31 July 2014 * VGB PowerTech Journal 7 (2014): Cogeneration plants, Boilers, Fluidised Bed Combustion; Occupational Safety and Health Protection * Designation codes for document kind classification codes in power plants (DCC key) - VGB-B103e: Amendment Sheet a (2014-05) available * RDS-PP Letter Codes for Power Plant Systems (System Key) - VGB-B101e: Amendment Sheet c (2014-05) available * Dates [more...]
June 2014 Call for Assistance in the Revision of European Test Standards for Fly Ash for Concrete EN 451 Parts 1 and 2 * Fire and Explosion Protection in Biomass Power Plants - VGB-S-018-00-2013-12-EN * VGB Abbreviation catalogue for Power Plant Technology - VGB-S-891-00-2012-06-DE-EN: Amendment Sheet a (2014-05) available * VGB PowerTech Journal 6 (2014): Maintenance and Service, Retrofit, Power Plant Management * Dates * Information for Members [more...]