The 11thInternational Training Programme on “Wind Turbine Technology and Applications” was successfully organized by the ITCS unit of C-WET during 4th September – 2th October 2013 to address all aspects of Wind Power starting from wind resource assessment to installation, operation and maintenance aspects of wind farms along with financial analysis and CDM benefits. This is a special training course for Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) and Special Commonwealth Assistance for Africa Programme (SCAAP) partner Countries sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India under the ITEC / SCAAP programme and supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. The course was attended by 23 participants from 16 countries (Costa Rica, Mali, Malaysia, Oman, Myanmar, Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, Thailand, Libya, Armenia, Nepal, Bhutan, Ghana, Mauritius & Zambia)
The training programme was inaugurated by Shri. D. Jai Shankar, IA&AS, Protector of Emigrants, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
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 C-WET, wind turbine industries and academic institutions. The 29 days programme included classroom lectures, field & factory visits and practical training sessions 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.
As part of the study visit, all the participants were also 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 and they also visited wind farms in and around Kanyakumari, where wind turbines are installed in large numbers like coconut trees.
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.
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. Leitner Shriram Manufacturing Ltd, Gummidipundi 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.
Shri. K. C. Dhimole, FIE, Technical Advisor to Chief Minister, Government of Arunachal Pradesh was the Chief Guest for the valedictory function and distributed the course certificates to the all the participants.
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 India.
