Report

Special Training Course on

"BASICS ON WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY"

for the officials of Renew Power Pvt. Ltd.

28^th - 30^th November 2022

The Skill Development and Training Division of NIWE had successfully conducted the special training course on "BASICS ON WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY" for the officials of M/s. Renew Power Pvt. Ltd. held during 28th to 30th November 2022. 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 25 numbers of Renew Power officials working in different facets of wind projects have participated enthusiastically in the course.

The Programme Director, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT & IM Division, NIWE delivered welcome address followed by the training course was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Katyal, Director General (Additional Charge) of NIWE and released the course material. Shri J.C. David Solomon, Director & Head, M&T Division delivered Vote of Thanks.

As part of the training course, Course Material was released and distributed to all the participants, faculties and guest, which is a book compilation of the write - ups of all the presentations / lectures collected from the lecturers specially prepared for this particular content of the course for the benefit of the participants as a ready reference material.

There were 12 presentations scheduled during the course, which were handled by 7 NIWE Engineers and 4 external experts from wind turbine industry.

The following topics were addressed during the training course:

• Introduction to Wind Energy and Global Wind Energy Scenario
• Overview of Wind Turbine Components
• The Aerodynamic aspects of Wind Turbine
• Wind Resource Assessment and Techniques
• Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Installation and Commissioning of Wind Turbines
• Type Certification of Wind Turbines
• O&M aspects of Wind Farms
• Grid integration of Renewable Energy
• Wind Farm Developments and Feasibility Study
• Economic Analysis of Wind Power Development
• Wind Energy Policies, Schemes and legal Frameworks

The participant’s feedback were part of the Valedictory Function, where in Dr. P. Kanagavel presented the course summary of the training. Shri. Swamy Reddy, Senior HR Manager had shared his view about the training on behalf of Renew Power Pvt. Ltd. after which the Course Certificates was distributed to all the participants. Shri. J.C. David Solomon, Director & Head, M&T Division, NIWE delivered the Vote of Thanks.