9th National Training Course

Brief Report

WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

held during 21^st - 23^rd July 2010

ITCS unit had successfully organized the Ninth National training course on "WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY" during 21^st - 23^rd July 2010 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 91 participants from academic institutes, industry, state nodal agencies, developers and consultants from various part of the Prof. Dr. V. G. Idichandi, Deputy Director, Indian Institute Technology (IIT), Madras.

The following were the issues addressed in the training course :

• Wind Energy Conversion Technology and Power Generation
• Wind Resource Assessment and Techniques
• Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Forecasting of Wind and Energy Production
• Wind Turbine Components
• Introduction to Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Blades
• Manufacturing of Wind Turbine Blades
• Design Aspects of Drive Train
• Generators and Grid Integration of Wind Turbines
• Control and Safety System of Wind Turbine System
• Assessment of Power Quality Characteristics of Wind Farms
• Tower and Foundation Concepts
• Installation and Commissioning of Wind Turbine
• Wind Power Evacuation
• O & M Aspects of Wind Farms
• Condition Monitoring
• Wind Turbine Testing
• Type Certification and Standards of Wind Turbines
• Role of C-WET in Wind Energy Development
• Offshore Wind Energy
• Wind Energy Development in India with Global Scenario
• Clean Development Mechanism
• Indian Government Policies
• HRD in Wind Power Projects
• Project Management and Economics Aspects of Wind Power Projects

Er. S. Sukumar Solomon, Chief Engineer (NCES), TNEB was the Chief Guest of the valedictory function and he has distributed the course certificate to all the participants after his valedictory address.

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