Since 1970 VGB has collected data based on standardized definitions, calculation methods, and recording procedures for power plants. With the liberalization of the energy markets the technical and economic assessment of power plants has gained more and more in importance. Intensifying the co-operation between Eurelectric and VGB it was decided to merge both associations’ data collection for the availability and unavailability of power plants. Since 2008 the data of Eurelectric ́s TherPerf-Report and VGB ́s KISSY-Report has been presented in one common report. This report provides information about the availability and utilization. It analyses the unavailability of components of thermal power plants all over Europe in order to compare the quality of power plants and to assess plants ́ behavior in daily operation. Reasons for unavailability have been collected since 1988 in order to identify and to assess the root cause (systems and main components) and to give hints to countersteer.
Due to these needs the VGB Technical Group “Performance Indicators” (TGPI) modernized and upgraded the VGB power plant information system (KISSY) in order to be
able to provide up-to-date technical benchmark reports in real time. The European utilities are able to analyze the data online within their companies. Currently the German,
English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese languages are supported. The online analysis tool enables both the use of already implemented parameters and the evaluation with newly defined parameters, which are added by the TGPI. Commercial background information (e.g. price data of the electricity exchange) will also be included in the KISSY system.
Previous editions of the reports (VGB-TW 103Ae and VGB-TW 103Ve) are available on request, e-mail: mark@vgb.org
