Energy Transition: Project of the century

For energy suppliers and the process industry, the energy transition brings with it a far-reaching set of chanes. New high-performance infrasructure and processes must be established while innovative technologies and solutions are developed and implemented. It is apparent that there are basically four approaches to becoming climate neutral.

Energy Efficiency: Small steps with a huge impact

There are a lot of ways for industrial companies to become more climate-friendly and climate-neutral over the long term. The cheapest, simplest and most obvious approach is to increase your energy efficiency.

Renewable Energy: With the power of water

Hydropower is by far the largest source of renewable energy in the world. Stephan Ebner, Head of the Hydropower Business Unit at Bilfinger Industrial Services Austria, explains what potential hydropower still has for the future – and what challenges exist in the construction and modernization of hydropower plants.

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Power-to-X: The missing link

A climate-neutral supply of energy can only be achieved when it is possible to store and transport electricity from renewable sources. Power-to-X processes – and hydrogen technology in particular – could prove to be the missing link.

CCU/CCS: A key component for the energy transition?

To achieve the goal of climate-neutral industry, there are many who are pinning their hopes on carbon capture, utilization and storage. Using this approach, heavy industry in particular can significantly reduce its relatively high emissions.

Turnarounds: Every minute counts

Operators tend to view turnarounds from two very different perspectives: While such processes make the plant fit for the future, they also result in significant revenue losses due to the temporary shutdown of the plant.

The objective, therefore, is to ensure downtimes are as short as possible.

Maintenance Self-Check: Fast and easy

How good is our maintenance organization? What are its strengths and weaknesses? And what subject areas need to be included in a maintenance analysis in the first place? With Maintenance Radar, Bilfinger has developed a new tool that addresses these questions – and that is available to all interested parties free of charge on the Internet.

Inspections: From individual solutions to an integrated concept

To ensure that industrial plants can be operated efficiently, safely and with high levels of performance, regular technical inspections are essential in every phase of a plant‘s life cycle. However, inspections can be expensive – and this is all the more true the more complex the inspection requirements and the more parties are involved.

Specialist bottleneck: A pool of talent for any situatio

Skilled specialists are scarce, a fact that also applies to maintenance and conversion measures in industrial plants. Particular challenges present themselves when unexpected developments arise and more personnel than originally planned is suddenly needed.

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