June 2011
Information for Members
News
> Revision of the BREF for Large Combustion Plants <
In close co-operation of VGB and EURELECTRIC the internal work process on the revision of the Reference Documents on Best Available Techniques for Large Combustion Plants "BREF-LCP" has started in autumn 2009. Until spring 2011 VGB and EURELECTRIC collected proposals for revisions from different VGB committees and different companies. All proposals are available for VGB/EURELECTRIC member companies in the VGB BREF LCP closed user group. The proposals were discussed chapter by chapter within the EURELECTRIC working group under the leadership of a so called chapter leader and transferred into a so called Wish List.
With the reactivation of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the review of the reference document on Best Available Techniques for Large combustion plants (BREF LCP) the official review was started by the European IPPC Bureau on February 28, 2011. The updated TWG group consists of 126 members whereof 8 members from the power industry (2 from VGB, 1 from EURELECTRIC, 1 BDEW, others). Once the TWG has been reactivated the TWG members were asked to provide the wish list which will be used to organize and structure the so called kick-off meeting which is scheduled for autumn 2011.
According the requested time schedule by the EU the VGB/EURELECTRIC Wish List with 672 revision requests was sent on May 19, 2011, to the European IPPC Bureau.
Please direct your enquiry to:
mailto:hans-joachim.meier@vgb.org
The proposals are available here:
https://www.vgb.org/en/bref_lcp_wishlist.html
> Final report of VGB Study "Calculation of CO2 avoidance potential by modernizing power plants in the EU 27 until 2020" <
The increased electricity demand from 3,275 TWh in 2005 to about 3,728 TWh in 2020 requires the construction of a huge amount of CO2 free power plant capacity. This VGB study show, that even the installation of renewables of about 295,000 MW CO2 free power plant capacity between 2005 and 2020 will not be sufficient to realize the 21 percent CO2 reduction target of the EU 2020 - by the power industry. To meet the European CO2 reduction target a substantial replacement of older less efficient thermal power plants with a capacity of about 175,000 MW by new modern power plants with the highest efficiencies and therefore less CO2 emissions might be a solution.
The report is available in the member area for download:
https://www.vgb.org/en/co2_redpot.html
> New VGB-Data Base: Power Plant Data Base <
Within the new data base Power Plant Data Base (PowDat) VGB collects the essential technical master data of European power plants with an installed thermal output of more than 50 MW. The data base is currently operating in a testing phase. Up to now VGB members delivered the master data of 1000 power plant units. Further data sets will be added continuously.
VGB members that would like to participate in the data survey, and therefore automatically receive an access authorization for PowDat, should contact the data base administrator Sven Göhring.
mailto:sven.goehring@vgb.org
New Abstracts of Minutes
Acceptance and Control Tests - 20th May 2010
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_ak_27.html
Control and Instrumentation and IT - 21st/22nd March 2011
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_lt_30.html
Plant Management Systems - 5th August 2010
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_is_29.html
Power Plant Operation - 10th September 2010
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_kw_25.html
Reference Designation and Plant Documentation - 2nd/3rd November 2010
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_ad_25.html
Supervision of Construction and Assembly/Quality Supervision - 3rd/4th November 2010
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bm_28.html
1) GDF SUEZ, VINCI and AREVA join forces to develop France's offshore wind industry
GDF SUEZ, VINCI and AREVA have signed a partnership agreement to build up a competitive, sustainable offshore wind industry. The alliance has been formed to allow the group to reply jointly to the call for tenders announced by the French President of the Republic in January 2011. The government is targeting 6,000 MW of offshore wind capacity by 2020 and intends to build five offshore wind farms along the French coast. This agreement will lead to the creation of an industrial platform around three major players with complementary expertise in renewable energies and construction, applies exclusively to three wind farms at Dieppe-Le Treport, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fecamp.
http://www.areva.com/EN/news-8899/gdf-suez-vinci-and-areva-join-forces-to-develop-france-s-offshore-wind-industry.html
2) VGB Research Project on Fugitive Emissions Finished
The VGB research project on fugitive emissions is finished. Within this project emission factors for PM 10 and PM 2.5 for coal transhipment and storage were determined. It was found that the impact of meteorological parameters (humidity, temperature and velocity of the air) prevailed against the impact of the sort or humidity of the coal and that the emission determined factors were very small. The results were presented to experts of the environmental authority of the state North-Rhine Westphalia. A lot of publications in specific journals is planned; the final report will be publicly available via the VGB website.
http://www.vgb.org/en/research_project305.html
3) VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2011"
On May 25/26, 2011, the VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning" was held in Helsinki/Finland. More could be welcomed more than 130 participants from 20 countries. This shows the growing popularity of this event. The presentations were highly appreciated. The event was closed by a visit to the Katri Vala plant (Helsingin Energia), which supplies the Helsinki area with heat and cold and is located underground.
https://www.vgb.org/en/flue_gas_cleaning_2011.html
4) VGB Job Market: Current Vacancies
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
5) Environmental protection technology, Clean coal technologies (Carbon capture and storage - CCS), Maintenance in Power plants, Retrofit, Service - VGB PowerTech Journal 06/2011
Main topics of the June issue are: Vattenfall's CCS-strategy; Pre-conditions for CCS; Design and operation of a 1 MWth carbonate and chemical looping CCS test rig; The PSFBD Process: a key technology for future lignite-fired power plants.
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/current_issue.html