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Conference Venue RheinEnergie Parkgürtel 24 50823 Cologne Conference Language

English

Registration

Participants are requested to register until February 6, 2015 (deadline

for list of participants). Participation is also being possible upon late Participation is also being possible upon late Participation is also being possible upon late Participation is also being possible upon late

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sending the invoice. You will receive your ticket at the conference

office.

VGB PowerTech e.V.

Akalya Theivendran

Postfach 10 39 32

45143 Essen/Germany

Phone +49 201 8128 – 230

Fax +49 201 8128 – 6230

E-Mail: akalya.theivendran@vgb.org

Attendance

VGB-Members € 690,--

Non-Members € 890,--

Universities, authorities, pensioners € 200,--

Non-German participants with residence in the EU have to indicate

their value added tax identification number.

It is not possible to accept credit cards or currency at the conference

office. The attendance fees include the list of participants, the

conference presentations (after the conference), coffee breaks and

beverages, lunch and the participation in the evening event. The

service rate will be shown in the invoice with VAT.

Cancellation

The following fees will be charged for the cancellation of the

registration:

Up to 14 days prior the conference 10 %

Within 14 days prior the conference 25 %

Non-attendance or cancellation

on the day of the conference 100 %

Only written cancellations are accepted.Only written cancellations are accepted.Only written cancellations are accepted.Only written cancellations are accepted.

Evening Event

We would like to invite all participants to the Get-together at

“Höhnerstall” Brauerei zur Malzmühle Schwartz GmbH & Co. KG

(Heumarkt 6, 50667 Cologne) on Tuesday, February 24, 2015.

Hotel Reservation

For hotel recommendation and further information please follow the

link:

http://www.koelntourismus.de/hotels.html

VGB office regrets being unable to make hotel reservations.

Conference Office

The VGB conference office will be located in the foyer.

Phone +49 15118248002

Opening:

February 24, 2015 08.00 h – 17.00 h February 25, 2015 08.00 h – 16.00 h

Road Map:Road Map:Road Map:Road Map:

Please follow the link:

http://www.rheinenergie.com/de/privatkundenportal/service_1/kontakt/so_finden_sie_uns/index.php

Car parking:Car parking:Car parking:Car parking:

Please note that only limited number of parking spaces is available.

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Partner of the Conference

Source: E.ON

With the friendly assistance of

VGB CONFERENCE MAINTENANCE OF WIND POWER PLANTS 2015

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO REVISION

TUESDAY – FEBRUARY 24, 2015

10.30 h Welcome

Arndt Robbe, RheinEnergie AG, Germany

10.45 h Activities of VGB PowerTech in the field of wind energy

Ulrich Langnickel, VGB PowerTech e.V. Germany

Operator experience I

11.15 h Preventive maintenance and improved H&S performance

Jens Ullrich, RheinEnergie Windkraft GmbH, Germany

11.35 h Energetic availability: Automated calculation method using heterogeneous data sources

Dr. Thomas Burchhart, VERBUND Hydro Power AG, Austria

11.55 h Panel discussion

12.15 h Lunch break

Operator experience II

13.30 h Development and implementation abroad – from permitting to commercial operation Christian Hensel, Steag Energy Services GmbH, Germany

13.50 h Special inspection methods to improve the maintenance

Nicolas de Labouchere, EDF Energies Nouvelles, France

14.10 h Assembling of the new bearing generation of the FL2500

Dr. Walter Sucrow, Jan-Philipp Krämer, E.ON Anlagenservice, Germany

14.30 h Panel discussion

15.00 h Coffee break

Oil

15.30 h Oil management in general – Operator requirements

Thomas Stalin, Vattenfall Vindkraft AB, Sweden

15.50 h Development of oil supply for wind gearboxes

Klaus Westhoff, Eickhoff Antriebstechnik GmbH, Germany

16.10 h Filter concepts for gearbox lubrication in wind turbines

Dr. Armin Schmidt, Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH, Germany

16.30 h Experience with upgrading off-line filters Stefan Salomonsson, Stema Wind AB, Sweden

16.50 h Panel discussion

17.20 h End of lecture programme

19.30 h Get-together

WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Gear box

09.00 h Efficient lubrication for gear boxes and bearings

Stefan Bill, REWITEC GmbH, Germany

09.20 h Full qualified documentation of wind turbine gearbox inspections

Urs Giger, Multigear GmbH, Germany

09.40 h Lifetime extension of gear boxes and other main components Jochen Holling Availon GmbH, Germany

10.00 h

New approaches in condition analysis of gear boxes for lifetime extension

Thomas Korzeniewski, GMA-Engineering GmbH, Germany

10.20 h Panel discussion

10.50 h Coffee break

Yaw control

11.20 h

The real performance of wind turbines in daily operation – Blade vision Dr. Fabio Bertolotti, SSB Wind Systems GmbH, Germany

11.40 h

Advanced wind measurements in operating windparks Karl Fatrdla, Romo Wind Deutschland GmbH, Germany

12.00 h Panel discussion

12.30 h Lunch break Condition monitoring system 13.30 h

Condition monitoring of wind turbines: Status quo, user experience and recommendations Dr. Katharina Fischer, IWES, Germany

13.50 h Advanced condition monitoring for wind turbines Olivier le Fevere de ten Hove, LABORELEC GDF Suez, Belgium

14.10 h

System identification and structural health mon-itoring for rotor blade and support structure Prof. Raimund Rolfes, Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany

14:30 h

15:00 h

Panel discussion

End of conference