Conference Venue

ERGO-Versicherung Room Bremen Überseering 35 22297 Hamburg/Germany

Conference Languages

German and English (simultaneous translation)

Registration

Participants are requested to register until February 28, 2013 (deadline for list of participants). Participation is also being possible Participation is also being possible Participation is also being possible Participation is also being possible upon late registration; however, the participants name cannot be upon late registration; however, the participants name cannot be upon late registration; however, the participants name cannot be upon late registration; however, the participants name cannot be entered into the list of participants.entered into the list of participants.entered into the list of participants.entered into the list of participants. We will confirm the registration by sending the invoice. You will receive your ticket at the conference office.

VGB PowerTech e.V. Nicol Elshoff Postfach 10 39 32 45143 Essen/Germany Phone +49 201 8128 – 230 Fax +49 201 8128 – 345 E-Mail: nicol.elshoff@vgb.org

Attendance

VGB member € 620,-- Non-Members € 770,-- Universities, authorities, pensioners € 150,--

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 %

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Evening Event

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, all registered participants are invited to join the dinner at Gröninger Privatbrauerei (Willy-Brandt-Straße 47, 20457 Hamburg). Start: 19.00 Uhr.Start: 19.00 Uhr.Start: 19.00 Uhr.Start: 19.00 Uhr.

Hotel Reservation For your hotel reservation please contact Hamburger Tourismus-Zentrale Steinstraße 7 20095 Hamburg/Germany Phone: +49 (0)40 30051300 Fax: +49 (0)40 30051333 http://www.hamburg.de/hotel/ The VGB office regrets being unable to make reservations.

Conference Office

The VGB conference office will be located in front of the meeting room. Phone +49 (0)151/18248061

Opening:

March 13, 2013 08.00 h – 17.00 h March 14, 2013 08.00 h – 16.00 h

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From the airport Hamburg the easiest way is to take a taxi (10 minutes ride, about 12 €).

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

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VGB CONFERENCE MAINTENANCE OF WIND POWER PLANTS 2013

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO REVISION

WEDNESDAY – MARCH 13, 2013

10.30 h Welcome and presentation of VGB

Ulrich Langnickel, VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany

11.00 h The maintenance on their way from the wind

standard to the power plant standard – where

we are and where we want to go?

Dr. Walter Sucrow, E.ON Anlagenservice GmbH, Landshut, Germany

De-icing of rotor blades

11.30 h Wind turbines in cold climate

Sebastian Johansen, Fortum Generation, Espoo, Finland

11.50 h The hot air blower: a de-icing system on

Enercon turbine

Olivier Le Fevere de ten Hove, Laborelec GDF Suez, Linkebeek, Belgium

12.10 h Panel Discussion

12.30 h Lunch break

Condition Monitoring Systems – CMS

13.30 h Cost-benefit ratio of CMS

Dr. Konrad Iffarth, ENERTRAG Energiedienst GmbH, Dauerthal, Germany

13.50 h Extension of the scope of CMS of multi

megawatt and offshore wind turbines

Thomas Gellermann, Allianz Zentrum für Technik, Munich, Germany

14.10 h Controller integrated CMS for on- and offshore wind farms

Bernd Höring, 8.2 Monitoring GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

14.30 h Panel Discussion

15.00 h Coffee Break

15.45 h Status quo of the VGB Research Project “Standardised remote terminal unit for wind power plants”

Uwe Kullmann, Schukar GmbH, Hagen, Germany

16.15 h

Converter failures in wind turbines

Thomas Stalin, Vattenfall Wind Power, Stockholm, Sweden

16.45 h End of the Lecture Programme

Evening Event

For detailed information please refer to “evening event”

THURSDAY – MARCH 14, 2013

Maintenance Concepts I

09.00 h Activities and strategies of the RWE Innogy Onshore Wind Continental Europe

Jens Lanwes, RWE Innogy GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

09.20 h Impact of energy trading on O&M and vice versa

Dr. Rudolf Zauner, VERBUND Renewable Power GmbH, Wien, Austria

09.40 h Impartial basic or full maintenance agreements and upgrade solutions for wind turbines

Lars Behrends, Deutsche Windtechnik Service GmbH & Co.KG, Ostenfeld, Germany

10.00 h Panel Discussion

10.30 h Coffee Break

Maintenance Concepts II

11.00 h Change of main bearing at older wind turbines

– opportunities and risks

Patrick Biwer, SEO S.A., Luxembourg

11.20 h

Inspection technologies for diagnosis of

damages on critical components as gear boxes,

bearings and rotor blades

Demsas Ghebreab, GE Inspection TechnologiesGmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

11.40 h

Preventive Maintenance of gearboxes in

windturbines – Budget control and protection

against total failures

Achim Oebel, Multigear GmbH, Mendig, Germany

12.00 h Panel Discussion

12.30 h Lunch break

Offshore Wind Farms

14.00 h Service concepts – Experience on Baltic 1

Michael Boll, EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

14.30 h Periodic inspections – Experience on alpha

ventus

Torre Poppe, EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany

15.00 h Training must be part of maintenance

Rainer Zobel, Kraftwerksschule e.V., Essen, Germany

15.30 h End of the Conference