Brief Report

WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ISSUES

held during 25^th - 26^th September 2008

Information, Training and Commercial Services (ITCS) Unit had successfully organized the Sixth National training course on “WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ISSUES” on 25^th & 26^th September 2008 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 62 participants from Academic Institutes, Industry, State Nodal Agencies, Developers and Consultants from various parts of the country. The training course was inaugurated by Shri. Mohan Verghese Chunkath, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), Chennai.

The course content for the training was a carefully thought out syllabus with specific subject experts giving lectures.

The training course addressed the following aspects:

• Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Wind Turbine Technology
• Grid Integration of Wind turbines
• Certification of Wind turbines
• Testing of Wind turbines
• Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Aspects of Wind Farms

Shri. Raju Manoharan, Supernatant Engineer, Non Conventional Energy Sources (NCES), Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has made his presence and read out the valedictory address on behalf of Shri. T. Jayaseelan, Chief Engineer, NCES, TNEB and distributed the course certificate to the participants.