The Skill Development and Training (SDT) Division of NIWE has successfully conducted the 25th International Training Course on "Wind Turbine Technology and Applications" during 29th January to 25th February 2020, sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India under ITEC programme. The course addressed all aspects of Wind Power starting from introduction to wind and its technology, wind resource assessment, installation and commissioning, Grid integration, operation and maintenance of wind farms, financial and policy aspects along with testing and certification of wind turbines. The course was attended by 29 participants from 18 ITEC countries, Bhutan, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guyana, Honduras, Kenya, Kingdom of Eswatini, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritius, Morocco, Philippines, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uzbekistan.
The training course was inaugurated by Dr. K. Balaraman, Director General, NIWE in the presence of Shri. A. Senthilkumar, Director and Head, S&R, NIWE and the Course Coordinator, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE on 29th January 2020.
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| Dr. K. Balaraman, DG, NIWE delivering the Inaugural Address |
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| Release of Course Material |
During the 28 days of course, 39 classroom lectures and 11 practical sessions at different laboratories were scheduled apart from study visits to working wind farm and wind Turbine manufacturing factory. The course content of the training were handled by Scientists, Engineers of NIWE, wind turbine manufacturers and academicians from premier institutions, who have years of experience in the field.
The participants were taken factory visit to M/s. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd., Mamandur, where they had a chance of getting theoretical knowledge about wind turbine nacelle assembling from the industry experts and also visited the assembling unit.
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| Participants at Siemens Gamesa factory | |
The participants also attended the live practical sessions on Wind Monitoring Station installation, assembling of Sensors, data collection and analysis and also the Wind Turbine Training System.
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| Participants at NIWE during practical session | |
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| Participants visiting NIWE Facilities | |
The participants were taken to southern part of Tamil Nadu to visit Wind Turbine Test Station and Wind Turbine Research Station at Kayathar, where they got exposure on small and large wind turbine testing process apart from visiting wind farms in and around Kanyakumari where wind turbines are installed in large numbers with different technology, capacity, make and models.
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| Participants at Apollo Transformers and Filters facility | Participants at Suzlon Global Services Ltd., for CMS |
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| Participants at RS Windtech Engineers Pvt. Ltd. for O&M facility | Participants at Wind Turbine Research Station, Kayathar |
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| Participants visiting Substation at Kayathar |
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| Participant climbing up Metmast at NIWE |
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| Participants sharing their feedback | |
Shri. A. Senthilkumar, Director and Head, S&R Division, NIWE delivered the Valedictory Address and distributed the course certificates to all the participants in presence of Course Coordinator.
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| Shri. A. Senthilkumar distributing the Course Certificate |
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