Brief Report

WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

held during 27^th December 2010 - 06^th January 2011

ITCS unit had successfully organized the Special Training Course on “WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATIONS” for officials from KREDA, LREDA & MNRE held during 27 officials from KREDA, LREDA & MNRE held January 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 31 participants from Kargil Renewable Energy Development Agency (KREDA), Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency (LREDA), & Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The training course was inaugurated by Thiru. R. Satapathy, IAS, Former Energy Secretary, Member - CAT.

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

Thiru S.Nagalsamy, Member, TNERC was the Chief Guest of the valedictory function and he has distributed the course certificate to all the participants after his valedictory address.