Brief Report

FUNDAMENTALS OF WIND ENERGY

held during 28^th - 29^th May 2009

ITCS unit had successfully organized the seventh National training course on "Fundamentals of Wind Energy" on 28^th-29^th May 2009 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 69 participants from academic institutes, industry, state nodal agencies, developers and consultants from various part of the country. The training course was inaugurated by Dr. Michael Hogedal, Managing Director & Vice President, Vestas Wind Technology India Private Limited.

The following were the issues addressed in the training course :

• Introduction to wind energy, evolution & developments
• Government policies and supportive schemes & programme
• Environmental issues
• Wind resource assessment
• Design of carefully vetted wind farming projects
• Installation & commissioning of wind farms
• Investment techniques
• Integration of WE to grid
• O&M aspects of wind farms
• Detailed description of success stories and focused case studies
• Finance opportunities

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.

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