August 2008

News

1) First foundations completed for Rhyl Flats Wind Farm

New publications

3) VGB-M222e "Invitation to Tender Criteria for Heat Recovery Steam Generators Downstream of Gas Turbines"

4) Electrical Engineering, Instumentation and Control, Information Technology - VGB PowerTech Journal 08/2008

Dates

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Nuclear Power Plants 2008" with technical exhibition September 14 - 18, 2008, Berlin/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/npc_08_e.html

VGB Congress "POWER PLANTS 2008" with technical exhibition September 17 - 19 2008, Stuttgart/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/VH_2008_e.html

34. MPA-Seminar & VGB-Symposium "Materials and Components Behaviour in Energy & Plant Technology" October 9/10, 2008, Stuttgart/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/events_34mpasem.html

VGB-Workshop "Impact of Grid Management on Power Plant Operation" October 15, 2008, Cologne/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/w_grid_management_08.html

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2008" with technical exhibition October 28 - 30, 2008, Friedrichshafen/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik_2008_e.html

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New Abstracts of Minutes

Biogas - 27th February 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bg_02.html

Biomass - 6th February 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bi_16.html

Control and Instrumentation and IT - 12th/13th March 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_lt_24.html

Distributed Generation - 29th February 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_dz_13.html

Electrical Engineering, I&C, and IT - 11th March 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_el_24.html

Electrical Equipment - 4th/5th March 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_et_24.html

Fluidised Bed Firing Systems - 22nd/23rd October 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_wf_23.html

Fuel Technology and Firing Systems - 7th/8th November 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bf_13.html

Industrial and Co-generation Stations - 29th/30th October 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_ik_23.html

Power Plant Concepts - 16th October 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_kk_13.html

Power Plant Concepts - 23rd April 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_kk_14.html

Steam Generators - 7th/8th November 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_de_23.html

Use of Renewables and Distributed Generation - 5th March 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_ee_15.html

Waste Management - 6th November 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_en_16.html

Wind Energy - 12th November 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_we_16.html

Wind Energy - 29th January 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_we_17.html

Wind Energy - 27th May 2008
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_we_18.html

1) First foundations completed for Rhyl Flats Wind Farm

npower renewables has completed the installation of all 25 wind turbine foundations at its Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm off the North Wales coast. The first turbines are expected to start generating by the end of November 2008 and project completion is anticipated in July 2009, depending on weather and progress.

http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/presse/language=en/id=76864?pmid=4002289

2) EWE and EnBW conclude partnership

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG is the new strategic partner of the EWE utility Group, based in Oldenburg. EWE AG’s shareholders, Supervisory Board and Board of Management decided to agree to EnBW acquiring a 26 percent equity share in EWE AG.

http://www.ewe.de/english/eng_presse_7423.php?navpoint=1.1

3) VGB-M222e "Invitation to Tender Criteria for Heat Recovery Steam Generators Downstream of Gas Turbines"

The instruction sheet represents a working aid for invitations to tender. It is intended to provide the purchaser with additional information which shall enable him to order a plant meeting the operational requirements and making a trouble and damage-free operation possible.
It provides a collection and evaluation of technical literature, a comparison of specific technical requirements and knowledge as well as opinions of the parties involved and was established in close co-operation with power plant manufacturers and the relevant technical associations.

http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/537

4) Electrical Engineering, Instumentation and Control, Information Technology - VGB PowerTech Journal 08/2008

Main topics of the August issue are: Efficient and Ecofriendly Power Generation at Vattenfall Europe in the Current Setting of Political and Regulatory Requirements; Control System with Great Availability for Waste Incineration Plant Frankfurt-Nordweststadt; IEC 61850 - Integrating Substation Automation into the Power Plant Control System; Continous Focus on Quality and Safety in the C&I Systems.

Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/current_issue.html