July 2008

News

1)  Commissioner Piebalgs Welcomes Stronger Cooperation Between European Transmission System Operators

2)  RWE Innogy Invests in Technology for Producing Biocoal Pellets

New publications

3)  VGB-B101e "Reference Designation System for Power Plants RDS-PP"

4)  Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle Power Plants - VGB PowerTech Journal 07/2008

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.mpa.uni-stuttgart.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen_en.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

Information for Members

New Abstracts of Minutes

By-products from Combustion Plants - 27th November 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_nv_23.html

Control and Instrumentation and IT - 18th October 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_lt_23.html

Electrical Engineering, I&C, and IT - 24th/25th September 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_el_23.html

Electrical Equipment - 12th September 2007
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_et_23.html

1) Commissioner Piebalgs Welcomes Stronger Cooperation Between European Transmission System Operators

CEO's of 36 European Transmission System Operator companies signed on 27th June a declaration of intent, to create a European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) before the end of the year. Energy Commissioner Piebalgs has welcomed this initiative, particularly as it represents a proactive step ahead of the Third Legislative Package on the Internal Electricity Market and reflects the principles set out therein.

In collaboration with Eurelectric, VGB is currently integrated in the preparation of UCTE's Technical Paper which defines requirements for power plants to ensure the stability of the European Transmission System.

http://www.ucte.org/_library/news/20080701_CEO_Meeting_Prague.pdf

Member area (password required):
https://www.vgb.org/en/ucte_requirements_for_generators.html

2) RWE Innogy Invests in Technology for Producing Biocoal Pellets

Compared with conventional wood pellets, biocoal pellets have a significantly higher energy density and better incineration properties. The biocoal pellets can be burned together with coal in conventional power plants (co-firing). Together with the company Topell, the aim is to build the first commercial plant in the Netherlands for producing biocoal pellets. The plant is planned to be realized in 2009.

http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/presse/language=de/id=604264?pmid=4002215&SiteSlaId=30430003

3) VGB-B101e "Reference Designation System for Power Plants RDS-PP"

The VGB Working Panel "Reference Designation and Plant Documentation" has worked out the Guideline VGB-B101e "Reference Designation System for Power Plants RDS-PP - Code Letter for Power Plant Systems (System Key)" in English. The guideline is now available at PowerTech Service GmbH.

http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/536

4) Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle Power Plants - VGB PowerTech Journal 07/2008

Main topics of the July issue are: Future Developments for CO2-free Power Plant Technologie with Integrated Gas Turbines; Thermodynamical Based Definition of Limits for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions of Gas Turbine Plants; The Long Road Towards the Sea - Offshore Wind Farms, Status Quo and Prospects; Strengthening of 40 Years Old Coal Bunkers with Carbon Fibre Fabrics.

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