December 2013

News

1)  Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year

2)  Zero Emissions Platform Presents Report on Cost-optimised CO2 Emission Reduction in Europe

3)  VGB Congress-concept Relaunched

4)  Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2014"

5)  The Next VGB Newsletter Will be Published in February 2014

New publications

6)  VGB PowerTech Journal 12 (2013): VGB Congress "Power Plants 2013", Maastricht/The Netherlands: Reports and Impressions

Dates

VGB Conference "Maintenance in Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition February 19/20, 2014, Dresden/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/inst_2014.html

VGB Conference "Maintenance of Wind Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition February 19/20, 2014, Dresden/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/wea_2014.html

VGB Conference "Steam Generators, Fluidized Bed Firing Systems and Cogeneration Plants 2014" with technical exhibition March 26/27, 2014, Weimar/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/dwihkw_2014.html

VGB European Occupational Health and Safety Conference 2014 April 9/10, 2014, Freising/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/health_2014.html

VGB KELI Conference 2014 with technical exhibition May 6-8, 2014, Landshut (close to Munich, Germany)
http://www.vgb.org/en/keli_2014.html

VGB Conference "Steam Turbines and Operation of Steam Turbines 2014" with technical exhibition May 21/22, 2014, Koblenz/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/dt_2014.html

VGB Workshop Flue Gas Cleaning 2014 May 21/22, 2014, Marseille/France
http://www.vgb.org/vgborg/en/ws_fluegas_2014.html

VGB Congress "Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition September 17/18, 2014, Hamburg/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/pp_2014.html

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition 30/31 October 2014 in Linz, Austria
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik14.html

Information for Members

News

> Agreement of Steam Boilers 004 published < The Agreement of Steam Boilers 004 between BDH, FDBR, VdTUEV and VGB on a "Guideline for tests and inspections in accordance with the German Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV) to be performed on shell boilers and similar boiler types and related pressure vessels and piping" is available. This guideline applies to: - Tests and inspections prior to first putting into service - Tests and inspections upon changes - Periodic inspections of plant and plant components of steam boiler plants with shell boilers for the generation of hot water with a maximum allowable temperature exceeding 120 degrees celsius and for the generation of steam with a maximum allowable pressure exceeding 1 bar, with the boilers falling under categories III and IV of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 97/23/EC Annex II, diagram 5. The Agreement of Steam Boilers is available in myVGB for download:
https://www.vgb.org/en/agreements_boiler.html

Abstracts of Minutes

Instrumentation and Control and IT - 19th March 2013
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_lt_34.html

Machines - 04th/05th June 2013
https://www.vgb.org/vgborg/en/kf_en_fa_ma_33.html

Steam Turbines - 22nd/23rd April 2013
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_dt_34.html

Power Plant By-products - 16th October 2013
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_np_33.html

Pipe Systems, Valves and Pressure Vessels - 06th/07th November 2012
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_ra_33.html

Gas Turbines - 24th/25th April 2013
https://www.vgb.org/vgborg/en/kf_en_ak_gt_34.html


1) Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year

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.

2) Zero Emissions Platform Presents Report on Cost-optimised CO2 Emission Reduction in Europe

In a public hearing on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the European Parliament on November 26, 2013, the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) again strongly argued for the implementation of CCS in Europe and highlighted the advantages of the technology. The basic input was the currently published report "CO2 Capture and Storage: Recommendations for transitional measures to drive deployment in Europe". The ZEP model study provides an EU member state specific optimisation of electricity generation until 2050 and is based on an existing model from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The calculation considers i.a. an hour-by-hour dispatch model of renewable power based on historic weather data and uses input data of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) for the development of fuel and CO2 prices. The objective is to determine a cost-optimised CO2 emission reduction of European electricity supply. The most efficient case was a balanced energy mix of renewable and fossil energies, complemented by wide and progressive use of CCS. Further use of fossil energies would also increase security of energy supply and improve competitiveness.

A structural reform of the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) would be necessary and also measures to incentivise first movers to take investment decisions for CCS and to ensure that CCS demonstration plants will be dispatched over the lifetime of the projects. ZEP recommends establishing a "CCS-Fund" and the implementation of Feed-in Premia for CCS plants. According to ZEP's assessment the introduction of an Emission Performance Standard (EPS) would not incentivise CCS in short-term and could only be considered in long-term after 2030 when CCS technology is expected to be mature.

The rapporteur of European Parliament on CCS, Chris Davies, noted that meanwhile especially Canada and the US have overtaken Europe in CCS technology development. He requested the European Union and the member states to give - similar to renewable energies - more political and financial support to CCS.

http://www.zeroemissionsplatform.eu/library/publication/240-me2.html

3) VGB Congress-concept Relaunched

The VGB Congress "Power Plants" will start with a relaunched concept in 2014: two full days with lectures and the accompanying technical exhibition.
VGB Congress "Power Plants 2014", 17 and 18 September 2014, Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Germany. Get-together in the exhibition on Tuesday evening, 16 September 2014.
More details will be published in the first quarter 2014.

http://www.vgb.org/en/pp_2014.html

4) Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2014"

The VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2014" takes place in Marseille/France on May 21/22, 2014. This workshop covers all aspects of flue gas cleaning activities as well as of online monitoring and instrumentation for emission detection.

Please submit proposals for papers by January 17, 2014, at the latest to:
mailto:ines.moors@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/ws_fluegas_2014.html

5) The Next VGB Newsletter Will be Published in February 2014

The next edition of the VGB Newsletter will be published on February 10, 2014.

6) VGB PowerTech Journal 12 (2013): VGB Congress "Power Plants 2013", Maastricht/The Netherlands: Reports and Impressions

Topics of the December issue: Turbulence in energy market - Energy management system helps to avoid rocks; Coal combustion products -
A global perspective; SCNR technology for large combustion plants; CO2 capture with monoethanolamine for lignite-fired power plants

Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/vgborg/en/pt_12_13e.html