23/24 January 2019 in Vienna, Austria

The main topics of the conference will deal with the optimization of wind turbine operation under cold climate conditions. The aim is to increase operational safety and reliability as well as to reduce production losses due to icing.

19/20 February 2019 in Potsdam, 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.

13/14 March 2019 in Hamburg, Germany

This conference combines existing operational experience with new technologies and practical applications and presents them for discussion.

26/27 March 2019 in Bremen, Germany

The focal topics of this VGB conference will deal with the reduction of installation and operating costs of wind power plants as well as with the enhancement of operational safety and reliability. The consistent further development of system technology, in particular the optimisation of maintenance strategies will play a decisive role in the future in order to increase technical availability and thus economic efficiency of the appropriate systems.

25/26 April 2019 in Graz, Austria

The international VGB workshop will again provide a comprehensive overview of digitalization in hydro power dealing mainly with the results of newly developed and implemented techniques.

5/6 Juny 2019 in Mainz, 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 friendly gas turbine operation.

• VGB Congress 2018 - Power Generation in Transition
• VGB Congress: Opening address
• People first
• Renewable substitute natural gas synthesis
• Fuel transport in the feeding area of waste incineration plants

and further news from industry, development and research

The update of the information brochure “Electricity Generation - Facts and Figures 2018/2019” had been published. Periodically, since 2003 this VGB publication informs about facts and trend in electricity generation.

VGB-S-131-00-2017-07-EN-ebook

This guideline is meant to provide a standardized basis for acceptance and operating tests of air-cooled water steam condensers. Its scope of application is limited to the testing of the condenser itself and the exhaust steam duct up to the terminal point of supply.

VGB-S-130-00-2017-07-EN-ebook

More than twenty years ago, in 1994, the first edition of this standard was published in response to the rapid technological development and the growing importance of condensers in plant construction.

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.