Brief Report

Online Customized Training Course on

"BASICS OF WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY"

for the officials of Nordex Engineering and Technology Pvt. Ltd

7^th - 9^th December 2022

The Skill Development and Training Division of NIWE had successfully conducted the special training course on "BASICS OF WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY" for the officials of Nordex Engineering and Technology Pvt. Ltd. held during 7th to 9th 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 wind solar hybrid system and offshore wind aspects towards going for economically viable wind farm projects. A total of 25 numbers of Nordex officials working in different facets of wind projects have participated in the course.

The programme started with the registration of participants after which they received their course kits. The organising team warmly welcomed the participants.

The Programme Director, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT & IM Division, NIWE delivered the welcome address. The training programme was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Katyal, Director General (Additional Charge) of NIWE who had also released the course material. Shri S.A. Mathew, Director & Head, Certification Division delivered the Vote of Thanks.

As part of the training course, the course material was distributed to all the participants, faculties and guest, which is a compilation of all the presentations / lectures collected from the lecturers specially prepared for this course for the benefit of the participants as a ready reference material.

There were 14 presentations scheduled during the course, which was handled by 12 NIWE Engineers & Scientists.

The following topics were addressed during the training course:

• Overview of Wind Turbine Components
• Type Certification of Wind Turbines
• Wind Resource Assessment, Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Site Selection for Wind Monitoring Stations
• Electrical, Control and Protection System in Wind Turbine
• Wind Turbine Testing & Measurement Techniques
• The Aerodynamic aspects of Wind Turbine
• Power Quality Measurements & Analysis
• Offshore Wind Energy
• Installation, Commissioning, O& M aspects of Wind Turbines
• Grid Integration of Wind Energy
• Wind - Solar Hybrid System & Energy Storage Technologies

The participants received their Course Certificates, which was distributed by Dr. Rajesh Katyal, Director General (Additional Charge) on the last day of the course.