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New technical programme “Material safety in the hydrogen economy” started
Successful flexibility test runs carried out in Turkey
Review vgbe Conference “Thermal Waste/Sewage Sludge Treatment and Fluidised Bed Combustion 2023”, in Hamburg
3rd vgbe Conference “IT/OT Security in Energy Systems” in Hamburg, Germany
Plan now for 2024: the new media are available now
vgbe Technical Competence Centre “Future Energy System” (FES) is strengthened with new “Head of FES”
Flexible operation of thermal power plants – vgbe and members support a study trip by an Indian delegation
New vgbe members
We are pleased to welcome the following companies as vgbe members:
Current vgbe energy journal
Issue 4 / 2024
- Digitisation IT/OT safety
- Gas turbines
- Information Security – The new ISO/ IEC 27001 and other requirements for the ISMS of utilities
- The essence of Industry 4.X
Download selected papers from the latest issue free of charge:
- Status of development and outlook on carbon-neutral fuels for gas turbines
(Erik Zindel ) - Cybersecurity challenges along the OT/IT supply chain for energy facilities and critical infrastructure
(Karl Waedt, Josef Schindler and Erkin Kirdan)
New Publications
Issue - vgbe energy journal 4 / 2024
- Digitisation IT/OT safety
- Gas turbines
- Status of development and outlook on carbon-neutral fuels for gas turbines
- Information Security – The new ISO/ IEC 27001 and other requirements for the ISMS of utilities
- Cybersecurity challenges along the OT/IT supply chain for energy facilities and critical infrastructure
- The essence of Industry 4.X
Folgen von Druckteilschäden an Wirbelschichtfeuerungsanlagen erkennen, behandeln und begrenzen (only available in German)
VGBE-S-051-00-2023-12-DE-ebook
Ziel dieses vgbe-Standards ist es, für Druckteilschäden und deren mögliche, wirbelschichtspezifischen Folgen, geeignete Handlungsempfehlungen aus Betriebserfahrungen, Hinweise für die Bemessung und Auslegung von Sicherheitseinrichtungen sowie bereits für Auslegungen in der Planungsphase zu geben.
Zentralwarte (only available in German)
VGBE-S-179-00-2023-09-DE-ebook
Mit diesem vgbe-Standard „Zentralwarte“ werden Betreibern von Energieanlagen Leitlinien an die Hand gegeben, welche vorbereitenden Maßnahmen zu treffen sind, um Energieanlagen an verschiedenen Standorten mit gegebenenfalls unterschiedlicher Erzeugungstechnologie von einer Stelle aus zentral zu betreiben.
Statische und quasistatische Dichtungen (only available in German)
VGBE-S-197-00-2024-04-DE-ebook
In diesem vgbe-Standard werden Hinweise für den Einsatz von Dichtungen und deren Ausführung in Energieanlagen gegeben. Auslegung, Werkstoffauswahl, Prüfung und Handhabung von statischen und quasistatischen Dichtungen werden behandelt.
Availability of Power Plants 2013 – 2022 (eBook)
VGB-TW-103-Ve-ebook
The Technical-scientific Report Availability of thermal power plants is available for the period 2013 to 2022. The current report provides performance indicators of 573 power plant units plus 162 machine sets of pumped storage and storage power plants.
Analysis of Unavailability of Power Plants 2013 – 2022
TW103Ae-ebook
Unavailability is analysed annually in order to identify such systems and equipment and to monitor or retrofit these parts in order to improve power plant performance. The systems and equipment are specified according to the power plant identification system (KKS).
Experience in processing the material 7CrMoVTiB10-10 (T/P/F 24, material no.: 1.7378)
vgbe position paper
The vgbe position paper describes the experience of the operator in connection with the processing and repairs of components made of the material 7CrMoVTiB10-10 in the form of e. g. pipes, web material, fillers, including web material and drop forged parts with machined ends for pipe connections.EU Taxonomy & Hydropower: Criteria on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
vgbe position paper
Interpretation Note of vgbe energy | Hydro Power on Hydropower & the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act as a step to provide guidance for the application of the EU Taxonomy for the hydropower sector.vgbe Position Paper | Position regarding EU Taxonomy Regulation
vgbe position paper
Position of vgbe energy|Hydro regarding EU Taxonomy & Hydropower in the context of the EU Sustainable Finance ambitions and their impact on hydropower generation and storage.Labelling Systems
More information about our power plant identification systems KKS and RDS-PP
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Currently vgbe counts 418 companies from the areas of operators, manufacturers and other institutions associated with electricity and heat generation.
Our members come from 33 countries and represent an installed power plant capacity of 296,000 MW.
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