1) E.ON Announces Construction Site of the 700 °C Coal-fired Power Plant
2) RWE Starts Pilot Plant for CO2 Scrubbing in 2008
3) CCS Brochure and Position Papers of EURELECTRIC and VGB PowerTech
4) Electricity Generation - Figures and Facts
5) VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies for Engineers/Physicists (m/f)
6) VGB-M131e "Considering the Needs of Maintenance When Constructing New Power Plant Units"
In press information launched in October 2006, E.ON already announced to "build the world's most modern coal-fired power station" with efficiencies of more than 50 percent starting in 2010. According to latest press information of September 2007, the 500 megawatt prototype will be constructed in Wilhelmshaven on the German North Sea coast.
The outstanding efficiency of the coal-fired power station is expected from the use of new materials tested by E.ON in co-operation with other European companies and supported by the European Union within the framework of the demonstration project COMTES700. Viable technical and economic decision-making principles for large-scale power plants with a live steam condition of 700 °C are to be determined in the parallel NRW PP700 study. Numerous smaller projects are backing these works. Generally, every COMTES700-partner company is free to build a prototype.
Press information (in German only):
http://www.eon-energie.com/pages/eea_de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Aktuelle_Presse/Pressemitteilung.htm?id=361869
More about COMTES700 and NRW PP700:
http://www.vgb.org/research_project261.html
http://www.vgb.org/research_project297.html
RWE will build a pilot plant for CO2 scrubbing in co-operation with BASF and Linde in 2008. The plant is planned to be installed in and connected with the 1,000 megawatt lignite-fired unit BoA 1 in Niederaußem/Germany for start-up in 2009. Portions of the unit's flue gas will be fed into the pilot plant to be separated by specialised scrubbing solutions there in an amount of 90 percent.
In parallel to the 18-months test operation, a large-scale plant concept shall be developed. This shall allow erection of a demonstration plant in mid-2010 in case of a successfull test operation. Then, CO2 capture technology is expected to be available by 2015 for refurbishment of existing power plants as well as for installation in new plants.
http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/presse/language=en/id=76864?pmid=4001851
EURELECTRIC and VGB PowerTech together with the members of the VGB Emax-Group (CEZ, EDF, Electrabel, EnBW, ENEL, E.ON, EVN, PKE, PPC, RWE, STEAG and Vattenfall) have worked out position papers of the European electricity sector about CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS). Both papers have been summarised in a brochure distributed first at the VGB Congress 2007 in Salzburg.
The European electricity sector supports the proposed flagship programme of 10 to 12 large-scale CCS demonstration plants and will co-operate to make the challenging targets work.
The European Technology Platform "Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants" gave more detailed information about the flagship programme and discussed it with all involved stakeholders at its second General Assembly in Paris on October 3, 2007.
The CCS Brochure and Position Papers are available as pdf-file:
http://www.vgb.org/news_ccs.html
The new edition of the information brochure "Figures and Facts about Electricity Generation" is available.
http://www.vgb.org/data_powergeneration.html
VGB PowerTech e.V. and its members are looking for Engineers/Physicists (m/f). Therefore we are offering prospective persons the possibility to develop their career in the range of heat and power generation. You can find current vacancies of VGB and its members for Engineers/Physicists (m/f) on our homepage.
http://www.vgb.org/jobmarket.html
The age distribution of the power plant park in Europe is one of the factors for building new power plants. In addition, the need of electric energy will rise. Considering this background, new power plants are being planned and built by the big producers, but also by many municipal utilities and industrial concerns. Approximately half of the later operation costs will accumulate in respect of maintenance. This is a good reason to think ahead while planning the premises for a highly cost-effective and reasonable maintenance. The recommendations, in the form of a leaflet, are written for planners of new units or new power plants by maintenance staff. They are a kind of check-list, which describes the maintenance needs of the building of new units although they do not claim to be Complete/perfect.
http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/503