13th National Training Course

Brief Report

WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

held during 12^th to 14^th December 2012

ITCS unit had successfully organized the 13^th National training course on “WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY” during 12^th – 14^th December 2012 to address all aspects of Wind Power starting from Wind Resource Assessment to project implementation and operations & maintenance in a focused manner. The course was attended by 65 participants from wind turbine manufactures, developer, investors, consultants and academicians from 18 states of the country. The training course was inaugurated by Shri A Mehar Prasad, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.

The following topics were covered in the training course:

• Wind Energy Conversion Technology and Power Generation: Introduction
• Wind Resources Assessment & Techniques
• Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Forecasting of Wind and Energy Production
• Wind Turbine Components
• Basics of Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
• Wind Electric Generators & Types
• Control and Safety System of Wind Turbine System
• Tower and Foundation Concepts
• Installation and Commissioning of Wind Turbine
• O & M aspects of Wind Farms
• Wind Power Evacuation
• Assessment of Power Quality Characteristics of Wind Farms
• Grid Integration of Wind Turbines
• Role of C-WET in Wind Energy Development
• Wind Turbine Testing
• Type Certification of Wind Turbines
• Small Wind Turbines and hybrid system
• Wind Farm development and related issues
• Clean Development Mechanism
• Power System Studies for Renewable integration
• Project Management and Economic aspects of Wind Power Projects
• Indian Government Policies

Shri. Ajit Kumar, CEO & Editor, Radiance Media, New Delhi was the Chief Guest of the valedictory function and he has distributed the Course Certificate to all the participants after his valedictory address. Shri. D. Vaidyanathan, ITCOT Consultancy and Services Limited, also shared his view at the valedictory function along with Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Executive Director, C-WET, the Chief Guest and Shri. P. Kanagavel, the Course Coordinator..

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