18/20 May 2021, Web Conference

Environmental protection and preservation of nature is one of the many important challenges not only for hydropower, but for society as a whole. As one of the most environmentally and climate-friendly forms of energy generation, hydropower plays an important part in the current energy system and that of the future.

1/2 June 2021 in Cologne, Germany

The aim of the conference is to ensure the steam turbine operation on a high availability and effectiveness also in the future. This biennial event is addressed to all manufacturers, planners, operators, insurers and all professionals, researchers and decision-makers interested in technology and its environment.

23/24 June 2021 in Karlsruhe, Germany

This event is addressed to all experts of the conventional and nuclear division, to the experts of maintenance in power plants and service companies and to the independent inspectors and deputies of governments, who are concerned with new developments in the divisions maintenance, inspection and repair.

1/2 September 2021 in Dresden, Germany

The workshop covers a wide range of flue gas cleaning activities, especially with a view to the activities for meeting the future emission limits, which are defined in the BREF-LCP process.

22/23 September 2021 in Essen, Germany

Further details will be provided in a due time.

27/28 October 2021 in Ulm, Germany

The international VGB Conference Chemistry deals with all chemical aspects of power and heat generation plants as well as other industrial processes. The event is a forum beyond Europe for the exchange of experience and the status of technical/ chemical developments.

11/12 November 2021 in Potsdam, Germany

In the context of the energy transition in a short period of time, the changing requirements in electricity and heat market and the public gas transport network require the timely adjustment of operational and plant engineering concepts for economical, safe and environmentally operation of gas turbines.

• Digitalisation in energy supply
• Power-2-X
• Digitalization possibilities and the potential of the Digital Twin for steam supply systems
• Flexibilization of a combined cycle gas turbine by integration of a P2F synthesis
• Gas turbine combustors with constant volume heat addition

and further news from industry, development and research

TW103Ve

The Technical-scientific Report Availability of thermal power plants for the period 2010 to 2019 is available. The current report provides performance indicators for 659 power plant units plus 183 machine sets of storage and pump storage hydro power plants.

VGB-S-002-01-2019-05-EN | Available as free of charge eBook

Apart from the familiar content relating to structural terms in the industry, power plant, grid and integrated supply system terms, energy and capacity terms and terms from the stock exchanges and trading markets now also newer terms from the immigrant energy transition and the global initiative to phase out fossil energy sources.

VGB-S-044-00-2019-05-EN

This VGB-Standard is applicable to structural works in new-build, existing industrial facilities and power plants. Its focus is primarily on structural engineering systems which ensure load-carrying capability, serviceability and durability.

VGB-S-610-00-2019-10-EN

VGB Standard on the Structural Design, Calculation, Engineering and Construction of Cooling Towers.

B035-ebook

Power plants are not functioning to the fullest 100 % of the time. Maintenance and inspection of some components require them to be off-line in time, however, this can be planned such that customers continue receiving power from the electrical grid, steam or district heating from other plants. Unplanned outages due to failures or external conditions may cause surprises and can lead to situations in which the demand is not satisfied at short term at large costs.

VGB-S-811-91-2020-09-DE-EN

The "KKS Pocketbook" (3nd revised and extende edition 2020) is an abridged version (extract) of the publication VGB-S-811-91-2020-09-DE-EN “KKS – Identification System for Power Stations”. The handy 148-page brochure supports the decoding of KKS codes, one of the world's most widely used key systems for the designation of equipment and components in power generation.

VGB-TW103Ae-eBook

The report provides information about weak points of equipment and power plant systems. VGB is analysing the annual unavailability (UA analysis) in order to identify the root causes, i.e. those systems causing unavailability to be able to upgrade such weak equipment.

The listed amendment sheets include all amendments regarding to the VGB-Standard. Its structure complies with the chapters of the VGB-Standard. It documents the amendments with naming the chapter number.