{"id":37863,"date":"2026-10-01T16:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/news\/vgbe-energy-honours-juergen-aydt-and-dr-manfred-freimark-for-their-many-years-of-service-in-the-field-of-energy-technology-more\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:02:18","slug":"vgbe-ehrungen-aydt-freimark","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/en\/news\/vgbe-ehrungen-aydt-freimark\/","title":{"rendered":"vgbe energy honours J\u00fcrgen Aydt and Dr Manfred Freimark for their many years of service in the field of energy technology | more"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Delight at receiving this special honour: Joana Kundel dos Santos, Dr. Manfred Freimark und J\u00fcrgen Aydt (f.l.t.r.).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t: J\u00fcrgen Aydt and Dr.-Ing. E. h. Manfred Freimark. By awarding them the vgbe Certificate of Honour, the association recognised their exceptional personal commitment, their technical expertise and their long-standing association with the vgbe community. Both are exemplary figures of voluntary commitment that goes far beyond mere participation in committees: they have contributed their knowledge and experience, supported technical developments, fostered know-how transfer and, in doing so, helped shape important areas of the association\u2019s collective work over many years.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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J\u00fcrgen Aydt: A defining contribution to plant performance indicators and KISSY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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J\u00fcrgen Aydt has been a member of the vgbe operators\u2019 community for decades and has played a key role in shaping the field of plant performance indicators and the development of the vgbe energy plant database KISSY in particular. On 25 April 1990, he was appointed to what was then the \u2018Availability and Damage Recording\u2019 technical committee. Since then, he has been active in various vgbe committees and working groups in this field. From 2001, Aydt was a member of the Operational Performance Indicators working group, or TC Performance Indicators. He took over as its chair as early as 2002 and led the group for almost 25 years before handing over responsibility a year ago.<\/p>

This long period also saw the fundamental overhaul of the KISSY database and the transition to the technical programme \u2018Platform KISSY\u2019, of which Aydt remains the project manager. The platform has been expanded to include new modules and is increasingly being opened up to other technologies \u2013 including hydropower, wind power, photovoltaics and, most recently, battery storage. The redesign of KISSY thus bears his distinct mark. In addition to his technical expertise, this required, in particular, foresight, patience and perseverance. Fundamental restructuring processes on this scale present numerous challenges and take time. At the same time, this further development laid an important foundation for the future expansion of KISSY and the vgbe databases, as well as for the integration of new technologies and future developments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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