General description

Vattenfall Europe PowerConsult (VPC) - formerly known as VEAG PowerConsult - is an internationally-renowned consultant working in the power sector since 1963. The company is a frontrunner in providing consulting, engineering and management services for thermal generation. VPC is the technical expertise arm of Vattenfall Europe, encorporating the latter’s engineering and operation management know-how. VPC's parent company Vattenfall Europe is a vertically-integrated utility whose assets include opencast mines, large state-of-the-art power stations and high voltage transmission grid. They also cover the energy utilities for the cities of Hamburg and Berlin, with their co-generation plants and distribution and district heating networks.

Vattenfall Europe's wealth of experience as a long-standing power station owner and operator with a generation fleet of about 17,000 MW gives VPC an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise in power generation and related fields. By combining the outstanding capabilities of its technical, managerial and financial personnel as well as seasoned professionals with a strong utility background from the Vattenfall group, VPC compiles the specific technical and economic expertise each project needs.

VPC is committed to quality and excellence in engineering and project work. It has maintained a high quality of services adhering to a quality management system according to ISO 9001.

Key personnel

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• Dr.Eng. Axel Rademacher, Spokesman, Managing Director
• Mr Robert Böswetter, Managing Director
• Dr Michael Bieber, Head of Marketing
• Mr Udo Gade, Head of Power Plant Engineering
• Mr Holger Weiland, Head of Electrical and I&C Engineering
• Mr Wolfgang Muth, Head of Operation Management
• Dr Hans-Georg Schöneborn, Head of Analytics Engineering

Resources

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International experience

Abu Dhabi; Australia; Bosnia & Herzegov; Bulgaria; China, PDR; China, Taiwan; Czech Republic; Dubai; Estonia; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos PDR; Macedonia, FYR; Mongolia; Poland; Russian Fed; Saudi Arabia; Serbia & Monte; Slovak Republic; Spain; Sweden; Syrian Arab Rep; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; Uzbekistan

International offices

Serbia & MonteBelgrade
Vattenfall Europe Powerconsult East d.o.o.Resavska 66, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia & Monte
Tel: +381 11-3612351

Services

Since it was founded, VPC has been providing professional consultancy and engineering services for power utilities in respect of:
- Project development, including feasibility studies and design concepts
- Least-cost development plans
- Complete design, engineering and management services for power, CHP and DH plants
- Introduction of computerised plant and maintenance management systems including MIS
- Operational optimisation and maintenance engineering and management
- Organisational and institutional consultancy
- Rehabilitation and renovation services for improvement of the plant's performance, manoeuvrability, efficiency, availability and lifetime
- Retrofitting/improvement of environmental control technology
- De-commissioning and site clearance
- Technical services for materials testing, plant diagnosis, performance test measuring, chemical and physical analysis of fuels, oils and consumables

Typical Projects

BULGARIA - Pre-performance tests and rehabilitation of Maritza East III PP
CHINA - Feasibility of rehabilitation of 15 coal-fired units
CZECH REP. - Design review & planning for the construction of the supercritical 660MW Ledvice plant
DUBAI - Owner's Engineer for a 180MW GTX combined cycle sogeneration project
ESTONIA - Rehabilitation of I&C systems of a 200 MW unit at Eesti PP
GEORGIA - Rehabilitation of 2x300 MW Gardabani PP - Rehabilitation appraisal of 184 MW Varzikhe Hydropower station
GERMANY - Owner's Engineer for combined cycle CHP plant and
substation in Halle
GREECE - Upgrading of coal weighing & sampling systems, to comply with EU CO2 monitoring requirements
INDIA - Owner's engineer for construction of supercritical 660 MW unit at Vijayawada TPS
KAZAKHSTAN - Gas turbine inspection at Kyzilorda
KOSOVO - Least-cost plan; Management of the energy sector
KYRGYZTAN - Feasibility study on use of lignite resources for power generation
LAOS - Due diligence for an IPP project at Hong Sa
POLAND - Design of 833MW supercritical unit at Belchatow PP
RUSSIA - Lender's engineer of 2x25 MW Mutnovsky Geothermal PP
SERBIA - Major overhaul of 308 MW TENT A5 unit
SWEDEN - Rehabilitation of 200 MW CHP unit Uppsala
SYRIA - Introduction of computerised maintenance management system - Feasibility study on 750 MW combined cycle plant Deir Ali
WEST SIBERIA - Due diligence for Transmission and distribution grids
THAILAND - Expansion of Mae Moh Power Station (2x300MW)
UZBEKISTAN - Rehabilitation of 2x300 MW units at Syrdarinsk PP