1) RDS-PP Application Guideline Part 32: Wind Power Plants Published
2) REACH - New Communication Through REACH IT and Dossier Campaign
3) Heinrich Mandel-Prize 2014 - Call for Proposals
4) Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2014"
5) RDS-PP Application Guideline Part 32: Wind Power Plants - VGB-S-823-32-2014-03-EN-DE
6) Oil System Cleaning for Gas and Steam Turbine Plants - VGB-S-030-00-2013-06-EN
VGB PowerTech published a new VGB-Standard entitled "RDS-PP Application Guideline Part 32: Wind Power Plants". The bilingual (German/English) new edition fills a gap in the international designation system for electricity generation plants.
http://www.vgb.org/en/rds_pp_part_32.html
From mid-April a new version of REACH-IT (2.7) will improve the communication between the Europan Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and companies. Some of the resulting changes require action from company users before the REACH-IT account can be assessed. When logging into REACH-IT for the first time after the mid-April update, every user will be asked to accept the new Terms and Conditions. It is strongly recommended to read them carefully - they clarify how ECHA will communicate with the parties in future.
In addition, ECHA started to send informal letters to registered parties within its Substance Identity Screening Campaign. This is to improve the quality of information in registration dossiers aiming to fulfil its first strategic objective "maximising the availability of high-quality data to enable the safe manufacture and use of chemicals".
The results of the initial screenings are communicated to registrants through informal letters, which also provide advise on how to fix the potential inconsistencies. The Agency expects that companies will take these letters seriously and spontaneously update their registrations addressing the highlighted concerns, as well as using this knowledge to avoid repeating the issues in further submissions. These letters are an opportunity for companies to improve their dossiers before ECHA puts in place legally binding measures such as compliance checks. It is recommended to check the REACH IT Portals for such informal letters.
Further Information:
mailto: hansjoachim.feuerborn@vgb.org
http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13652/reachit_2-7_factsheet_en.pdf
The VGB Research Foundation has rewarded outstanding achievements by young university graduates (age limit: 35 years) working in the field of power and heat generation with the Heinrich-Mandel Prize for more than 30 years. The prize is endowed with 10,000 Euro and is awarded annually on the occasion of the VGB Congress POWER PLANTS. The work that is to be honoured in this way can relate either to new findings in the operation of power and heat generation plants, or to important research results.
Based on the award guideline, all VGB member companies as well as the Board of Directors, and the Technical and Scientific Advisory Boards of VGB have the right to propose candidates by April 30, 2014.
http://www.vgb.org/en/research_mandel.html
VGB's annual Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants" will take place in Linz, Austria, on October 29/30, 2014. The conference is a forum for utilities and operators of industrial power plants. Operating experience will be discussed and technical developments in the field of power plant chemistry will be presented.
Please submit your Call for Papers by April 25, 2014, at the latest to:
mailto:ines.moors@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik14.html
Further information about VGB-S-823-32-2014-03-EN-DE "RDS-PP® Application Guideline Part 32: Wind Power Plants" can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.vgb.org/shop/s-823-0.html
Further information about VGB-S-030-00-2013-06-EN "Oil system cleaning for gas and steam turbine plants" can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.vgb.org/shop/s-030e.html
Some topics of the April issue are: Offshore wind energy - status and perspectives (Holger Gassner); Opportunities for dual energy supply after 2020 even during calm wind conditions and minimal solar radiation (Ernst Welfonder); State of the art of the conversion and storage of electrical power (Nina Hack, Simon Unz und Michael Beckmann); Hydrogen co-firing in a sequential combustion gas turbine: an opportunity to enhance renewable energy output (Torsten Wind and Alessandro Scarpato)
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/pt_04_14.html