Brief Report

26^th National Training Course on

"WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY"

held during 21^st - 23^rd August 2024

The Skill Development and Training Division of NIWE organized the 26^th National Training Course on "Wind Energy Technology" from 21^st to 23^rd August 2024 to address all aspects of Wind Power starting from introduction to wind and its technology, wind resource assessment, installation and commissioning, operation and maintenance aspects of wind farms in a focused manner along with financial and policy aspects. The course was attended by 46 participants from 9 States viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh and 2 Union Territories viz New Delhi and Pondicherry. There were 35 male and 11 female participants with diverse background attended the training course.

The training course was inaugurated by Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE with the training participants.

The following 11 presentations made during the training course were handled by nine Scientists / Engineers of NIWE:

• Introduction to Wind Energy and Global Wind Energy Scenario
• Design aspects of Wind Turbines
• Overview of Wind Turbine Components
• Wind Resource Assessment and Techniques
• Electrical, Control and Protection System in Wind Turbine
• Economic Analysis of Wind Power Development
• Installation, Commissioning and Operation & Maintenance of Wind Turbines
• Certification of Wind Turbines
• Offshore Wind Energy
• Wind - Solar Hybrid System & Energy Storage Technologies
• Wind Energy Policies, Schemes and legal Frameworks

The participants visited the Renewable Energy facilities available in NIWE campus for practical exposure, and had an opportunity to understand the Water Pumping Wind Mill, Vertical and Horizontal Axis Small Wind Turbines, Wind-Solar Hybrid System, Wind Turbine Nacelle, Wind Monitoring Station - Meteorological Mast, LiDAR, Solar Calibration Laboratory and Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA) Station.

During the Valedictory Function, some of the participants shared their feedback. The participants stated that NIWE had provided a nice opportunity to gain knowledge on wind technology with very good presentation and neat explanations. They also expressed their appreciation to NIWE for organizing the training course. Thereafter, Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director & Head, SDT Division, NIWE thanked the participants for their appreciation and distributed the Course Certificates to all the participants.

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