Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year * vgbe supports knowledge transfer in India: Simulator training and workshops in Nagpur and Hyderabad * New vgbe Committee on Battery Storage Systems Established * New vgbe Committee on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) established * Terms.Search: Technical definitions – concise and understandable * Review vgbe Conference “Thermal Treatment of Waste and Sewage Sludge, Including Fluidised Bed Combustion 2025“ * Review of the 2025 Conference Chemistry * The Future Is Built through Collaboration: Partnership between vgbe and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland * Review vgbe Conference “Cooling Systems 2025” * The path to a flexible energy system – vgbe and members support study tour by Indian delegation * Expert Workshop “Sediment Management” * Knowledge exchange and site visits at vgbe energy/Enerjisa Üretim Expert Event “Digitalisation in Hydropower 2025” * New vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 10 | 2025 * Planning now for 2026: The new vgbe energy journal media data are available! * vgbe pulse: The publication library for the energy sector – vgbe-standards, vgbe energy journal and the ICSC library under one digital Roof * The new vgbe-standards in the ‘002’ series have been published, providing basic terms and technical and commercial key figures for energy plants. * VGBE-S-135-00-2024-05-EN | Design and operation of cooling Towers * VGBE-S-039-00-2025-05-EN | Interaction of conformity assessment and industrial safety for energy plants * VGBE-S-109-00-2025-05-EN | Material specification for components under pressure in fossil-fired power plants * Events

Presentation of the vgbe Innovation and Quality Awards at the vgbe Congress in Vienna * Review vgbe Congress 2025: Focus on energy transition and affordability * 5th Emden Workshop on Occupational Medicine in Offshore Wind Energy – Successful exchange in an excellent atmosphere * vgbe brings students and experts together in its Summer School * New vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 8 | 2025 * VGBE-S-892-00-2025-04-DE-EN | Rules for the Creation of Denominations and their Application for Energy Supply Units * VGBE-S-831-11-2025-04-DE-EN | Provision of Technical Documentation for Energy Supply Units – Documentation requirements for plants for electricity and heat Generation * vgbe Facts and Figures on Electricity Generation 2025|2026 * Events

New Topic Page on Carbon Capture Technology Now Online * Technical Programmes * New vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 6 | 2025 * Events

Reliable performance in uncertain times – Review of the vgbe Conference “Gas Turbines and Gas Turbine Operation 2025” * Technical Programme “Material Safety in the Hydrogen Economy” – Successful project launch and growing interest * Review: Flue Gas Cleaning Workshop 2025 * New PV Faults and Failures Database (PVFF) launched! * Reinforcement in the Health & Safety department: two PhD chemists ensure safety at vgbe * Strong Hydrogen Alliance: H2Valley RheinRuhr Submitted * vgbe energy journal 4/2025 * VGBE-S-831-01-2025-04-DE-EN | Provision of Technical Documentation for Energy Supply Units – General Part * VGBE-S-517-00-2024-11-EN | Rating charts for rating the microstructural composition and creep rupture damage of creep-resistant steel for high pressure pipelines and boiler components and their weld Connections * VGBE-TW-532e | Strain induced corrosion cracking in fossil-fired power plants – State of knowledge, operating experience, testing and integrity concepts for findings * Events

vgbe Highlights 2024: Fresh perspectives, valuable insights * vgbe Nuclear Buyers Guide – made in Germany published * Presentation of the High-Pressure Hydrogen Autoclave * vgbe Quality Award 2025 – Make excellent quality visible! Deadline for nominations: 27 June 2025 * Review: vgbe Conference “Maintenance in Power Plants” * Review: vgbe Expert Event – River Management and Ecology * Review: vgbe Expert Event – Innovations in Hydropower Plant Operation and Maintenance * Investigations of the dependence of crack initiation and rack resistance on ductility in Grade 92 * New vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 3/2025 * Events

vgbe energy successfully commissions high-pressure hydrogen autoclave for material testing * Successful completion of the webinar series “Flexibilisation of Thermal Power Plants” * Premiere for the vgbe hydrogen conference MATHEA * New vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 12 | 2024 * TW-103Ae — Analysis of Unavailability of Power Plants * TW-103Ve — Availability of thermal power plants * VGBE-S-159-00-2024-07-EN | Guideline for Acceptance Tests on Water-Electrolysis Plants * Events

Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year * Steering Committee set up for the vgbe Technical Programme “Materials Safety for the Hydrogen Economy“ * Engie Flexible Generation operates benchmark * Review vgbe Chemistry Conference 2024 in Potsdam with 160 participants * Review of vgbe Expert Event “Storage 2024” * High-calibre exchange of experts on the topic of “Digitalisation in Hydropower” * EU HORIZON project ”ReHydro” is picking up speed! * Technical Programmes * vgbe energy journal 10 | 2024 * Planning now for 2025: The new media data are available! * VGBE-S-891-00-2024-04-DE-EN | vgbe abbreviation-catalogue for power supply Units * Events

Review vgbe Congress 2024 * Project at Enerjisa’s power plant in Tufanbeyli (Turkey) * vgbe presents 6 awards for outstanding Achievements * vgbe honours Professor Klaus Görner * Capacity building for the flexible operation of coal-fired power plants: vgbe supports knowledge transfer in India * KWS and vgbe-Technische Dienste train Libyan power plant personnel * vgbe Summer School 2024 * Technical Programmes * WiPPeX – Wind Power Performance Data Exchange * Long-term behavior Grad 92 * vgbe energy journal 8 | 2024 * vgbe Facts and Figures on Electricity Generation 2024|2025 * VGBE-TW-532 | Strain-induced corrosion cracking in fossil-fired power plants * Events

vgbe Info Day “Municipal and Industrial Power and Heat Generation” in Münster, Germany * Successful launch of a webinar series: Flexibilisation of Existing Thermal Power Plants * News vgbe members * vgbe energy journal 7 | 2024 * Events

Technical Programme “Materials Safety for the Hydrogen Economy” * vgbe becomes a member of the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (SMR) * Review vgbe Conference “Steam Turbines and Operation of Steam Turbines” * Review KELI 2024 – “Conference on Electrical Engineering, I&C and Information Technology in Energy Supply” * vgbe energy journal 5 | 2024 * Amendment Sheet to VGB-Standard published: Internal Cleaning of Water-Tube Steam Generating Plants and Associated Pipework VGB-S-513-00-2014-07-EN * Events