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The 17th International Training Programme on "Wind Turbine Technology and Applications" was successfully organized by the ITCS Unit during 03rd February to 01st March 2016 to address all aspects of Wind Power starting from introduction to wind and its technology, wind resource assessment, installation, operation and maintenance aspects of wind farms along with financial analysis and CDM benefits. This is a special training course for ITEC / SCAAP Countries sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India under ITEC / SCAAP programmes. The course was attended by 23 Participants from 16 countries (Kenya, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Philippines, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Oman, Syria, Uzbekistan, Paraguay, Mauritius and Guyana)
The training course was inaugurated by Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Director General, NIWE and Dr. G. Giridhar, Deputy Director General by lighting the traditional Kuthuvizhakku.
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| Course Material release during inauguration |
The course content for the training was very comprehensive and the lectures of the course were delivered by eminent Scientists, Engineers and other wind energy professionals with years of experience who were drawn from NIWE, wind turbine industries and academic institutions. During the 28 days programme, forty five classroom lectures were scheduled apart from practical training, field & factory visits to provide complete knowledge transfer to the participants.
To provide hands on experience, all the participants visited M/s. MinVayu at Auroville (Pondicherry) where they had a chance of manufacturing Small Wind Turbine themselves after getting theoretical training of how to manufacture the Small Wind Turbine with the local materials at low cost.
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| Participants in the process of manufacturing Small Wind Turbine Blade | |
As part of the training programme, the practical training with Wind Resource Assessment, instrumentation, Testing & R&D equipments was arranged apart from the factory visit to M/s Gamesa Wind Turbines Private Limited at Mamandur where they had a chance of listening from the industry experts who are actually in the process of making wind turbines and visiting the manufacturing facilities.
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| Participants at Gamesa Large Wind Turbine Manufacturing Factory, Mamandur | |
Participants also had a chance to look into Wind Tunnel Facility at the Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC), Taramani. The visit has given a huge insight about the pre - testing of the structures.
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| Participants at Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) | |
As part of the study visit, all the participants were travelled to southern part of Tamil Nadu to visit Wind Turbine Test / Research Station located at Kayathar and got to know about small and large wind turbine testing process apart from visiting wind farms in and around Kanyakumari, where wind turbines are installed in large numbers like coconut trees.
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| Participants at R&D Wind Turbine and Substation at Kayathar |
Participants stayed at Kanyakumari during the study visit period and the experience at Cape Comerin (southern tip of India) are so exciting to the participants such as seeing the sunrise and sunset and cultural visits showcasing the spiritual heritage of India.
Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was the Chief Guest for the valedictory function and distributed the course certificates to the all the participants.
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| Dr. Ashvini Kumar delivering the Valedictory address and distributing the Course Certificate | |
The course structure and organization of training was highly appreciated by the participants. The participants were very much satisfied by the quality of lectures and hospitality they found in NIWE, Chennai and India.