The Special International Training Course on "Solar Resource Assessment and Development of Solar Power Plant" specially for ISA member countries was successfully conducted by the SDT Division of NIWE, Chennai during 27th November to 20th December 2019. This course was sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India under ITEC Programme. The Course addressed all aspects of Solar Power starting from introduction to solar and its technology, solar resource assessment, installation and commissioning, operation and maintenance aspects of solar power plant in a focused manner along with financial and policy aspects. The course was attended by 34 participants from 21 countries, Burundi, Cambodia, Cote D’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guyana, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mali, Nigeria, Peru, Sao Tome, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela and Zambia.
The training course was inaugurated by Dr. K. Balaraman, Director General, NIWE in the presence of Dr. G. Giridhar, (Rtd. Deputy Director General and Head, SRRA, NIWE), Shri. K. Boopathi, Director and Head, R&D, RDAF & SRRA Division and the Course Coordinator, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE on 27th November 2019.
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| Director General of NIWE inaugurating the Training Course |
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| Training participant being lighting the Kuthu Vilakku during Inauguration |
The course content of the training were handled by Scientists, Engineers of NIWE and solar power industries and academic institutions, who have years of experience in the field. During the 24 days course, Thirty five classroom lectures were held apart from practical training, study visits to solar power plant and solar panels manufacturing factory.
The practical training with Solar Radiation Resource Assessment, instrumentation, Testing & calibration facilities was also organized.
As part of Study tour, all the participants were taken to Thiruvananthapuram to visit the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) to know about the different kind of rural and urban solar projects and also to the southern part of Tamil Nadu to visit Solar Power Pump at Aralvoimozhi, Wind Solar Rooftop System at Rohini Engineering College, Kanyakumari, 75 kW Wind Solar Hybrid Systems and 100 MW Solar Power Plant in and around Kayathar.
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| Participants during classroom lecture at M/s. ANERT, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
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| Participants visiting the Control Panels of M/s. NLC – 100 MW Solar Power Plant |
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| Participants inside the M/s. NLC – 100 MW Solar Power Plant |
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| Participants at Wind and Solar Rooftop Hybrid system at Rohini Engineering College |
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| Participants visiting Solar Power Pump at Aralvoimozhi |
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| Participants visiting 75 kW Wind Solar Hybrid System at Kayathar |
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| Participants visiting Solar PV manufacturing factory of M/s. Alectrona Energy Pvt. Ltd., Sriperumpudur |
The Course Certificate was distributed by Shri. D. Lakshmanan, Deputy Director General and Division Head, F&A, in the presence of Dr. G. Giridhar, (Rtd. Deputy Director General and Head, SRRA, NIWE), Dr. K. Balaraman, Director General, NIWE and the Course Coordinator, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE during the Valedictory Function held at 12 noon on 20th December 2019.
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| Deputy Director General (F&A), NIWE 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, practical sessions, field and factory visits apart from the Indian hospitality.
