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TIONAL IN NA ST IT न U ा T E ं स O F ा W ज I N ऊ D न E व N प E य R ी G ा Y र नीवे NIWE ISO 9001 : 2008 ISSUE- 50 July - September 2016 Newsletter of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WIND ENERGY, Chennai http://niwe.res.in www.Facebook.com/niwechennai EDITORIAL www.Twitter.com/niwe_chennai A successful showcasing NIWE has implemented a customized SCADA for of wind power forecasting remote monitoring of energy generation at WTRS Contents and scheduling by NIWE Kayathar through a Consultancy executed by sponsored by IWPA has CSIR/CSIO. More than 37 wind monitoring stations NIWE at work - 2 p r o v e n s i g n i f i c a n t are operated in 11 States, 18 sites wind resource Energy Storage i m p r o v e m e n t o f have been verified, AEP estimation for 119 MW have System (ESS) - evacuation of more wind been completed, due diligence and power curve energy close to meeting energy calculation have been done respectively for An overview - 17 about 10,000 million units 100 MW and 30 MW. Micrositing, wind power in a day in Tamil Nadu. forecasting and scheduling has been actively This also indicates an continued by NIWE. Editorial Board increase of 26% more grid availability for wind power A one day technical workshop on small wind evacuation. Another major feet by TANGEDCO may energy and hybrid system as applicable to telecom Chief Editor be stated as Inter-State sale of excess wind power to tower powering has been completed. Type testing Dr. S. Gomathinayagam Northern India. and data analysis are in progress for two wind Director General The wind industry with a release of wind-solar hybrid turbines, power curve measurement for one wind policies, NIWE's comprehensive study at 24 windy turbine and a site feasibility study are in progress at Associate Editor sites (100 m tall tower measurement sites) has a wind turbine testing. Dr. P. Kanagavel proven evidence of realizing the 175 GW potential A renewed certificate has been released to RRB and Additional Director & Head, ITCS with 100 GW solar and 60 GW wind as a one to one suggestions of SRPC has been implemented in Members complementing hybrid energy. The study at NIWE RLMM. NIWE is happy to announce that 3 S&C shows that at any given windy site of the 24 locations engineers have been recognized as certification Dr. Rajesh Katyal one MW of wind and one MW of solar can give a net experts by DAkkS, Germany based on their Deputy Director General & Head, OW&IB renewable energy in the grid with 61% share from credentials. wind and 39% share from solar. It may be observed Dr. G. Giridhar Wind Solar Hybrids intelligent convertor system that even though complementary in nature, wind is Deputy Director General & Head, SRRA have been established at Kayathar and a new 2 MW seasonal (May to October) & Solar is distributed over DFIG model INOX wind turbine erection has been A. Mohamed Hussain 300 days. Deputy Director General & Head, WTRS completed. The wind industry even though has added only One International Training Programme has been D. Lakshmanan about 1300 MW so far is confident of reaching about completed during the period. Several student visits Director (F&A) 4000 MW by the end of the FY 2016-17. have been under taken both in Chennai and M. Anvar Ali There is a definite need to go for component testing Kayathar campus. Director & Head, ESD in the case of new forms of wind turbine blade Independence Day celebration was illuminated at development using comprehensive International S. A. Mathew NIWE, as directed by MNRE. quality blade testing facility, entire drive train testing Director & Head, WTT Four training programmes have been organized by of wind turbines evolving cost effective component A. Senthil Kumar SRRA and micro-siting visits were being carried out designs (mechanical as well as power electronic). Director & Head, S&C As per the CEA technical standards for grid for Solar Projects. interfacing, all the wind turbines which are grid 5 TTTs (Technology Think Tank series) lectures, K. Boopathi connected need to be certified for LVRT features (low DigSILENT training, Internships with 15 UG students Additional Director & Head, WRA voltage ride through) and harmonics. and 5 PG students, SWS empanelment, RC Meeting J.C. David Solomon NIWE as Member of the RLMM Committee are noteworthy activities during the period. Additional Director & Head, KS&M &SWES constituted by MNRE, Govt. of India is rigoursly taking Scientist and Officials delivered several invited efforts to implement as guided by SRPC (Southern lectures and also made a few publications and Regional Power Committee) the required LVRT secured an Award. compliance. This necessitates capacity building of NIWE would invite active Industry sponsorship and LVRT field testing at NIWE for which efforts are being participation in developing the visionary, research taken. infrastructure at NIWE to meet the growing needs of With regards to the progress in various Units of NIWE, base level designs in the Wind Industry. the fabrication of LiDAR support platform for Gulf of We thank you for your support and constructive Khumbat has been in progress and the various suggestions. required permissions for installation commissioning of the same is also being pursued. Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Director General TIONAL IN NA ST IT ान U NIWE AT WORK T E ं स O F ा W ज I N ऊ D न E व N प E य R ी G ा Y र नीवे NIWE Offshore Wind & Industrial Business i) Observation platform for mounting LiDAR ii) First LiDAR based offshore wind resource validation efforts launched by NIWE in India NIWE is in the process of establishing monopole platform in the sea for assessing the offshore wind using LiDAR based NIWE seeks to overcome the lack of long-term wind measurements at Gulf of Khambhat, off Gujarat coast. The resource data availability in offshore location by initiating platform has two components, superstructure (Support the first such effort in Indian territorial waters. The Platform) and substructure (Monopile). The superstructure ‘FOWIND’ supplied LiDAR was calibrated against an platform was designed for self-weight and these loads are existing 120 m met mast at Kayathar NIWE installation at the transferred to design monopile. identified offshore platform location at Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat - Latitude 20° 41' 30'' N, Longitude 71°32'50'' E. The platform is made of central circular beams supported on monopile. The primary beams are radially connected to central beam, where the ends are connected with ring beams to support the mounting plates. All the required equipment like wind LiDAR, wind measurement instruments, power supply unit and batteries will be supported on these plates. The fabrication work for monopile and the support platform is in progress and is likely to be installed and erected by mid of November 2016 at Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat. iii) Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys and Studies NIWE proposes also to conduct geophysical and geotechnical surveys and studies both off Gujarat and Tamil Nadu coasts to better understand the subsea profile data. The geophysical / geotechnical studies will cover the entire Zone 'A' as per the FOWIND report. The geotechnical surveys will be carried out at required locations of sea bed up to a depth of 30 m in soil or 10 m in rock after the successful completion of geophysical investigation. Layout of support platform Gujarat - Latitude 20° 41' 30” N and Conceptual layout of Sub-structure Longitude 71° 32' 50” E for mounting LiDAR Tamil Nadu - Latitude 8°.25'.00” N and Longitude 78°.12'.00” 2 TIONAL IN NA ST IT NIWE AT WORK ान U T E ं स O F ा W ज I N ऊ D न E व N प E य R ी G ा Y र नीवे NIWE iv) Remote Monitoring of Energy generation at WTRS, Kayathar and Integration with Energy Management System at NIWE, Chennai NIWE has executed through a consultancy project to CSIR- CISO for development and installation of customised Energy Management System (EMS) in its Chennai Campus, including the remote data collection from the wind turbines installed at Wind Turbine Research Station (WTRS), Kayathar. The EMS has been successfully installed at NIWE, Chennai and has total of 17 sensor nodes. The system is under observation and is based on the data acquired from EMS, the report evaluation and analysis is in progress. Thereafter, the integration of Remote Data Monitoring software with the EMS software will be undertaken. NIWE – EMS – RMS DISPLAY FRONT-END Wind Resource Assessment During the period of July to September 2016, 1 Wind Power Forecasting services to M/s.Bhoruka Power Monitoring Station was commissioned in Tamil Nadu and 8 Corporation Ltd., Bangalore is in progress. Wind Monitoring Stations have been closed down (1 in Completed Secondary stand by forecast system for Telangana, 1 in Pondicherry, 3 in Uttar Pradesh & 3 in Andhra continuous service was successfully established in Pradesh). Presently, 37 wind-monitoring stations are NIWE. operational in 11 States under various wind monitoring projects funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) as well as various entrepreneurs. The following consultancy projects have been completed and reports have been submitted during this period: Verification of procedure of wind monitoring for 18 sites. Site validation & Generation Estimation for the proposed 119 MW wind farm. Technical Due Diligence of the proposed 100 MW wind farm. Power Curve Energy Demonstration (PCED) test for existing 30 MW wind farm. Micrositing & Annual Energy Estimation of the proposed 16 MW wind projects.