1) Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year
2) Siemens Installs Prototype of 3-MW Direct Drive Wind Turbine
3) VGB Congress POWER PLANTS 2010
4) Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2010"
5) Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Steam Turbines and Operation of Steam Turbines 2010"
6) VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies
7) The Next VGB-Newsletter Will be Published in February 2010
Management and Staff of VGB PowerTech e.V., VGB Research Foundation and VGB PowerTech Service GmbH would like to thank you for the good co-operation in this year and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year.
Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of a newly designed direct-drive wind turbine. The new SWT-3.0-101 DD is a gearless machine with a power rating of three megawatts. It has a rotor diameter of 101 meters. The prototype was installed close to the Danish town of Brande. Direct drive wind turbines offer a smart, straightforward design that makes the use of gearboxes dispensable. Siemens will thoroughly test and validate the performance of the SWT-3.0-101 before the new product will be officially launched for sale in 2010.
http://w1.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/index.php
The VGB Congress POWER PLANTS 2010 will take place in Essen/Germany on September 22 - 24, 2010. The preparation for the VGB Congress started.
Upon the motto "Renewables, Nuclear, Coal and Gas - Technologies for a low carbon future" all generation technologies will be considered again. Reaching the EU reduction target minus 21 percent CO2 until 2020 only an intelligent generation mix could be the solution.
We do not want to forget that next year VGB will celebrate its 90 years anniversary. We are already looking forward to welcome you in September in the European Capital of Culture 2010.
http://www.vgb.org/en/hv_2010_e.html
The last VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning" was successfully held in Rome/Italy. The next VGB European Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2010" is scheduled to take place in Prague/Czech Republic on May 16/17, 2010. Please submit your paper by December 18, 2009, at the latest.
mailto:ines.moors@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/flue_gas_cleaning_2010.html
The VGB Conference "Steam Turbines and Steam Turbine Operation 2010" takes place in Luebeck on June 30/July 1, 2010. Aim of the conference is to ensure steam turbine operation with high availability and efficiency also in the future. Changes of the market and the reactions on the manufacturer and operator side as well as in the entire service sector make this experience exchange even more necessary. Please submit written suggestions for papers and lectures (Language German or English) by fax or e-mail until January 15, 2010.
mailto:diana.ringhoff@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/vgbmultimedia/Veranstaltungen/DT10/CFPenglisch.pdf
The VGB Job Market is offering prospective persons the possibility to develop their career in the range of power and heat generation. You can find current vacancies on our homepage.
http://www.vgb.org/en/jobmarket.html
The next edition of the VGB-Newsletter will be published on February 5, 2010.
Main topics of the December issue are: Status and Perspectives of the Electricity Generation Mix in France; Worldwide Nuclear Revival and Acceptance; CCS Fossil Power Generation in a Carbon Constraint World; European Electricity: New Legislation, New Outlook to 2050.
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/current_issue.html