Update on Corona: We have a strategy for the "Corona-Exit"!
We would like to inform you about our situation and the continuation of our association and business activities.
VGB Events in 2020: Up-to-date information
We are planning our events, which are scheduled to run until August 2020, with new, sometimes considerably later dates.
Corona pandemic and COVID-19: Impacts on energy supply and energy industry
The worldwide spread of the corona virus, which has been expanding since the beginning of 2020, and the associated effects continue to determine and change our lives will continue to do so for a long time to come. The COVID 19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis. The energy sector is also affected by this crisis.
VGB POWERTECH JOURNAL 4-2020
Download selected papers from the latest issue free of charge:
- Experience with the T24 steel in GKM, unit 9 after 5 years of operation
Klaus Metzger and Karl Maile - Dynamic simulation of flexibility measures for coal-fired power plants
Marcel Richter, Gerd Oeljeklaus and Klaus Görner
PT-Journal - Current Issue
Protective masks and face protection available immediately and at lower rates from 3.40 €/per piece
Take your pick and trust in VGB quality!
VGB PowerTech has new protective masks (FFP2 or masks with equivalent test standard according to KN95) and transparent face protection available at lower rates for its member companies and companies in the field of critical infrastructure. Delivery can be effected immediately and also in larger quantities.
VGB provides interesting reading material in the home office
As a consequence of the corona-conditioned restrictions also in the daily work routine, a large number of employees in the power industry currently works at home, and thus unfortunately without access to the printed edition of our VGB PowerTech Journal. What could be more obvious than to quickly use the possibilities of digitalisation in this case as well? Therefore, in anticipation of an ongoing project to further digitalize our publications, VGB now offers an online edition of the VGB PowerTech Journal, starting with issue 1/2019.
events
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VGB CONGRESS
9/10 September 2020 in Essen, Germany
VGB will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding on 2020. The VGB Congress will take place on 9 and 10 September 2020 in the Grand Hall Zollverein in Essen, Germany.
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Ecology and Environment in Hydropower
Current note: The event has been postponed!
The international event will bring together experts from leading operators, manufacturers and suppliers, authorities, scientists as well as related stakeholders to discuss important issues in the field of ecology and environment in hydropower with session on.
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Flue Gas Cleaning
30 September/1 October 2020 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.
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VGB Conference Chemistry
28/29 October 2020 in Dresden, Germany
The meeting place of international power plant chemistry. We would be glad if you could make a note of the date of the VGB Conference Chemistry 2020 in your diary already today!
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European Biomass Ash Workshop
9 November 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark
A tremendous increase in the use of biomass as a replacement fuel for coal for the production of heat and power causes the production also of huge quantities of BiomassAsh (BMA). The present-day situation is that this process has progressed far beyond the point where small quantities of BMA could just disappear.
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KELI - Conference for Electrical Engineering, I&C and IT in generation plants
23-25 November 2020 in Bremen, Germany
Every two years, VGB PowerTech organzises the “KELI” one of the leading expert conference in energy supply. Operators, planners, service providers and suppliers of all generation plant technologies as well as universities, insurers and authorities are addressed.
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New Publications
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PowerTech Journal 4/2020
- Maintenance in power generation
- Innovative sector coupling and re-electrification
- Steam turbine: regularly checked, safe in operation!
- New methods for plant monitoring
- Experience with the T24 steel in GKM
and further news from industry, development and research
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Transparent face protection against droplet infection
VGB-cmask-101
A face shield protects your face to a large extent against droplet infection. The sign can be cleaned by a simple wipe disinfection and can be used several times without any problems.
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Slide-Titel
VGB-cmask-101
FFP2 masks or masks with equivalent test standard according to KN95.
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Basic Terms of the Electric Utility Industry
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.
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Technical and Commercial Key Indicators for Power Plants
VGB-S-002-03-2019-10-EN | Available as free of charge eBook
This VGB-Standard allows the user to make a technical and economic assessment of power plants. In addition, the effect of price effects and the legal requirements on the power plant operation can be analyzed using the VGB-Standard.
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Life Cycle Management of Buildings and Structures in Industrial Facilities and Power Plants
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.
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Structural Design of Cooling Towers
VGB-S-610-00-2019-10-EN
VGB Standard on the Structural Design, Calculation, Engineering and Construction of Cooling Towers.
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Failures and Forced Unavailability of Power Plants (Henk C. Wels)
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.
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VGB-Standard KKS. Pocketbook
VGB-S-811-91-2019-02-DE-EN
The "KKS Pocketbook" (2nd revised and extende edition 2019) is an abridged version (extract) of the publication VGB-S-811-01-2018-01-EN “KKS – Identification System for Power Stations”. The handy 128-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.
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Analysis of Unavailability of Power Plants
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.
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Amendment sheets at a glance!
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.
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benefits for members
- Provide an international platform for the exchange and transfer of technical know-how
- Identify, raise and organisation of joint R&D activities
- Offer technical services, engineering consulting and construction supervision
- Guarantee access to a pool of expert knowledge
- Generate technical and operational standardisation
- Organise and offer training
Facts and Figures
Competence areas
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Nuclear Power Plants
The European nuclear power plants generate more than 30% of the electricity need. Thus the CO2 load of the atmosphere is reduced by over 900 Mio. tons (if replaced by coal fired power plants). VGB PowerTech and the committees of the department „Nuclear Power Plants“ are dealing with all issues concerning a safe and economical operation of NPPs.
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Power Plant Technologies
The competence area “Power Plant Technologies” is the communications platform for all questions concerning the technology and operation of all power plant types, and covers all technical areas from boilers and turbines to I&C systems. The focus is on both short-term issues relating to daily operation and long-term, strategically oriented topics.
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Renewables and Distributed Generation
The committees related to "Renewables and Distributed Generation" are dealing with all technical and economic issues concerning the use of renewables and decentralized generation technologies
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Hydropower
In Europe hydropower is not only an indispensable renewable source but it is still the frontrunner in renewable energy with an annual electricity production of more than 375 TWh, as approximately 41% of the renewable energy is based on hydropower. For more than 20 years an exchange of experience of the leading companies organized by VGB PowerTech is taking place on an expert level regarding technical and strategic topics.
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Wind Energy
For more than 16 years an intensive exchange of information and experience to improve the efficient operation of wind power plants organized by VGB PowerTech is taking place. In this context, the requirements of the wind power plant operators are highlighted. The companies are mainly interested in cooperation to push forward standardisation (best practice) and to incorporate operator interest in the different user groups.
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Biomass
Power generation from biomass is a crucial part of transforming the global energy supply structure towards a sustainable energy future. Currently 167 TWh electricity and 855 TWh heat are generated from Biomass in Europe. Therefore Biomass has a share of 18.6% in renewable electricity generation and 87% in renewable heat generation. Since 2002 VGB has provided a growing platform for owners and operators of biomass power plants for sharing experience and knowledge at a high expertise level.
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Environmental Technology, Chemistry, Safety and Health
The Competence Area „Environmental Technology, Chemistry, Safety and Health“ focuses on important general issues of power and heat generation. Its specialised committees offer the platform for the necessary exchange of experience and the forming of opinion of the branch for the respective specialists in the member companies
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Technical Services
Technical services are an integral part of VGB PowerTech’s work. They are to be regarded as an enhancement to the services for our members and cover all aspects of engineering and operation in power plants. These services are used by members worldwide to achieve sustainably safe, fault-free and cost-effective operation
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