Overview
Power Plant Operations and reliability will bring together power industry professionals to share insights and best practice to address current operational and maintenance challenges facing operators and technology designers.
Benefit from case study insights and presentations of technical solutions from the leading operators and take away cost-effective strategies that balance maintenance requirements, plant down-time and safety, while ensuring both production targets and regulatory requirements are met.
Topics for 2021 include:
- The impact of Brexit, covering the trading landscape and the supply of spares and technical support
- Extending assets beyond original end of life expectations, the challenges faced and successful strategies.
- Major upgrades and safety challenges for recommissioning
- New business opportunities for thermal power plant and the technical challenges presented by these opportunities
- The impact of increased renewable generation, primarily wind and solar, and the rapid increase in uptake of electric vehicles
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Physical and digital security for power plant control systems
- Power plant chemistry and long term plant integrity
- Balance of alarm systems and how to train operatives in new technology
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Operational safety incidents and lessons learned
WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND:
- Get a detailed look at the current and future landscape of the power generating industry, with details direct from Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Hear how SSE Thermal Energy are mitigating the effects of COVID-19
- Learn the lessons from recent plant conversion projects, with input from the Uskmouth Conversion Project from SIMEC Atlantis
- Understand the key challenges involved with achieving effective cyber security for plants from Cyber (E3CC)
- Ensure your sites continue to have high levels of fire safety, with successful strategies from Drax
- Address Water-Steam Cycle Chemistry Challenges for both fossil fuel and energy from waste plants, underlined by case studies from Uniper Technologies
PREVIOUS ATTENDEES INCLUDE:
Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd
E.ON Technologies
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
GE Intelligent Platforms
RWE Npower Plc
VPI Immingham LLP
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Scottish Power Generation
Generation Projects Ltd
E.ON Technologies
Black & Veatch
3CB SAS
Emerson Power & Water Solutions
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FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS SEMINAR:
“At last an opportunity for the guys in the front line of power plant operations to get together and share experience.”
Fossil Fuel Committee for the Power Industries Division, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
“An event like this could not come at a better time, the demands on operators of conventional plant are changing with the market shift to greater volumes of renewable energy. This is a great opportunity to share experience on a wide range of topics from optimising start up and shutdown to short term preservation techniques, a must for operators and supporting companies.”
Production Manager, E.ON
"I was delighted to find that ALL speakers shared & touched every corner of my role as Operations Manager and gave me much food for thought to take back to my station and make tweaks & improvements"
Operations Manager, SSE
"An excellent event. Hope there are many more like this on a regular basis"
Principal Engineer, Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd
"Good opportunity for operations personel to network & share experience"
Operations Team Leader, VPI Immingham LLP
"First time attending and found it very useful"
Operations Team Leader, VPI Immingham LLP
"It has been a thoroughly enjoyable event, very interesting and informative"
Steam Turbine Engineer, RWE NPower Plc