Brief Report

WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

held during 25^th to 27^th May 2011

ITCS unit had successfully organized the 10^th National training course on “WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY” during 25^th - 27^th May 2011 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 60 participants from academic institutes, industry, state nodal agencies, developers and consultants from various part of the country. The training course was inaugurated by Mr. Ramesh Kumar Khanna, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Energy Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.

The following were the issues addressed in the training course :

• Wind Energy Conversion Technology and Power Generation
• Wind Resources Assessment & Siting
• Design and Layout of Wind Farms
• Forecasting of Wind and Energy Production
• Wind Turbine Components
• Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Blades
• Design Aspects of Drive Train
• 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
• Small Wind Turbines and hybrid systems
• Role of C-WET in Wind Energy Development
• Wind Turbine Testing
• Type Certification of Wind Turbines
• Clean Development Mechanism
• Wind Farm Development and related issues
• Project Management and Economic aspectsof Wind Power Projects
• Indian Government Policies

Dr. N. Lakshmanan, Project Director, Structural Engineering Research Centre 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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