The Skill Development and Training Division of NIWE had successfully conducted the special training course on "WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY" for the officials of M/s. Renew Power Pvt. Ltd. held during 25th to 30th September 2023. The course addressed all aspects of Wind Power starting from what is wind to wind resources assessment, project implementation and operations & maintenance aspects in a focused manner along with financial and policy aspects towards going for economically viable wind farm projects. A total of 28 numbers of Renew Power officials working in different facets of wind projects had participated enthusiastically in the course.
The Programme Director, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE delivered the welcome address which was followed by the inauguration of the training course by Dr. Rajesh Katyal, Director General of NIWE. Shri Baba Prasanna, KP, Assistant General Manager, HR, Renew Power Pvt. Ltd. addressed the gathering. Shri. M.R. Gunasekaran, Executive Secretary, SDT, NIWE delivered the Vote of Thanks.
The course addressed all the aspects of wind energy technology with 36 lectures on various topics of wind energy. The course contents of the training were handled by Scientists / Engineers of NIWE who have years of experience in the field.
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| The gathering at the Inaugural Function |
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| DG, NIWE delivering the inaugural address |
There were 12 presentations scheduled during the course, which were handled by 9 NIWE Engineers / Scientists.
The following topics were addressed during the training course:
The participants were taken to the southern part of Tamil Nadu to visit Wind Turbine Test Station at Kayathar, where they got exposure on small and large wind turbine testing process apart from visiting Transformers & Generator Assembly at Appollo Transformer & Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Tirunelveli, Operation and Maintenance of Wind Turbines at RS Windtech Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Aralvaimozhi and SCADA system at Suzlon Global Services Limited, Tirunelveli.
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| Participants at WTTS, Kayathar |
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| Participants understanding the working principles of Transformers & Generator Assembly at Appollo Transformers and Engineering at Tirunelveli |
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| Participants at the RS Windtech Engineering Pvt. Ltd. |
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| Participants getting knowledge about SCADA System at Suzlon CMS |
The valedictory function was conducted on 30th September 2023 and distributed the course Certificates to the participants. The participants were asked to share their views about the training conducted. Some of the participants shared their feedbacks by appreciating NIWE and the skills of organizing and conducting the course in the best possible way.
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| Group Photo of Participants after receiving the Course certificate |
