NIWE is India's national institute for wind energy established in 1998. It aims to support the growth of wind energy in India through testing, certification, research and development, skill development, and consultancy services. NIWE has various testing facilities for wind turbines, provides type certification and inspection services, and has assessed India's wind resource potential through monitoring stations. It also forecasts wind power production and supports the wind industry through technical consultancy. Going forward, NIWE plans to expand skill development programs to meet India's growing wind energy targets through its Vayumitra initiative.

2. Technical Focal
Point
Autonomous R&D
Institution
Established in 1998
as C-WET
MNRE
Danish Support
WTTS @ Kayathar
Renamed as NIWE
on 28th August 2014
NIWE

3. To be knowledge based institution of high quality and
dedication.
Offer services and seek to find total solutions for the major
stakeholders across the entire spectrum of the wind energy
sector.
Supporting Wind Turbine Industry in achieving and sustaining
quality such that the product of highest quality and reliability
are installed, harnessing maximum energy available in wind.
NIWE strongly support the wind turbine industry in developing
the know-how and know-why and promoting export of products
and services

4. World-class
testing
Accord Type
Approval/
Type
Certification
Monitor the field
performance of
wind power
systems
Offer various
consultancy
services
R&D on
renewable
energy assigned
by MNRE time to
time

5. Serve as the
technical focal
point for wind
power
development in
India
Promoting and
accelerating the
pace
Develop and
strengthen
research and
development
programmes
Analyze and
assess wind
resources
Prepare and
establish
standards
All the objectives of NIWE has been set for the orderly development of wind
energy in the country

6. R&D
Research & Development
M&T
Measurements and Testing
C
Certification
S&R
Standards and Regulation
OWD, DAF & IT
Offshore Wind Development, Data
Analytics & Forecasting,
Information Technology
SDT & IM
Skill Development & Training,
Infrastructure Management
F&A
Finance & Administration

7. Site Selection for Wind Monitoring for both onshore &
offshore and procurement and installation of mast
Wind Power Forecasting / Scheduling
Wind Data Analysis
DPR, Technical Due Diligence, Micrositing
Power curve demonstration test
Repowering, Acoustic & Noise, Healthy & Safety
Birds Migration

8. 965 wind monitoring stations
Supporting Private Sector through Consultancy
Services in various facets of WRA
Commissioned 5 Nos of 120 m tall masts
Wind Potential Estimation of the country through
Mapping and on-site Measurements
Development of Wind Forecasting model with special reference to complex terrain.
National wide wind (on-shore and off-shore) and
solar resource assessment for identification of
potential locations to establish wind & solar power
projects

9. NIWE supports the Industry for the following technical services:
 Feasibility study
 Energy Yield Assessment
 Micro siting
 Technical Bid Evaluation
 Detailed Project Report
 WPD Zone classification
 Calibration of Solar Sensors
 Regular up gradation of Wind-Solar Atlas
 Setting up of National Repository for RE data
 Development of Integrated Wind–Solar Resource Assessment stations

10. Centre for Excellence in VG (Wind and Solar) power Forecasting at NIWE
• Centre for Excellence in VG Power Forecasting has been established in NIWE
• Indigenous wind power forecasting model developed in 2018
• Forecast accuracy close to 90% on Day-ahead
• Improvements have been made in the model to forecast for better accuracies
• Interactions with IMD; IITM, Pune; NCMRWF & ISRO-SAC scientists on regular basis
to improve the Numerical Weather Prediction Models (NWP)
• Forecasting of over 26GW of wind generation in the Country.
• Solar generation forecasting initiated with close to 1 GW capacity

12. • Certification Division was established in NIWE with the assistance of Danish Technical University, Denmark (Formerly
known as Riso National Laboratory)
• Carried out 09 certification projects and 55 renewals under the Type Approval Provisional Scheme (TAPS 2000) till date
• TAPS-2000 was recognized by MNRE till 30-09-2019 and was based on the scheme WT-01 which has been replaced by
IEC 61400-22
• IEC 61400-22 has been withdrawn in August 2019 and India through BIS has adopted the standard IS/IEC 61400-22
which is in operation as on today
• Type Certification of Wind Turbines
• Manufacturing Plant Inspection of Wind Turbine Components
• Wind Turbine Component Certification
• Residual Life Assessment of Wind Turbines
• Spot Inspection of Wind Turbines
Services offered

13. • Certification Scheme for Type Certification
• Type Certification of wind turbines
• Indian Standards for wind turbines
• Verification of safety and function tests
• Spot inspection of wind turbines
• Verification of manufacturing facility
• Revised list of Models and Manufacturers of Wind Electric Generators / Wind
Turbine Equipment (RLMM)
• Certification started in collaboration with TUV Rheinland

14. Wind & Solar resource
Assessment
WT System design (Rotor,
mechanical structures,
Electrical components
Variable power integration
(Grid planning, Grid
integration and Power
system stability)
Offshore (potential,
offshore structure, turbine
design, external climate
and wake effect)
Hybrid systems (Energy
storage, Converter /
Inverter Controller,
Battery management
systems)
Digitalization and Control
( Smart / Micro grid
attributes)
Resource Data Analytics
and Forecasting

15. Power Performance Measurements
Power Quality Measurements
Yaw Efficiency Test
The services are not limited by type or size of the Wind Turbines
Load Measurements
Safety and Function Tests
User Defined Measurements

16. • Two Test Beds for Large Wind Turbine Testing Capacity up to 1650kW
• 600 kW Suzlon machine in one of the test bed (R&D)
• 9 no's 200 kW MICON WEG`s of 29 years old
• 2 MW Kenersys (R&D)
• 2 MW Inox Wind (DFIG)
• Test Beds for Small Wind Turbines Testing
• 3 Meterological Mast at different levels (50m, 80m, 120m)
• Total Installed Capacity at WTRS 6400 kW
• 45 Acres of land on lease and 71 acres of land on purchase
WTTS / WTRS Kayathar

17. Small Wind Turbine hub facility for design and component test
• Maker’s Space, Blade Testing Lab, Drive-train Testing lab Wind Turbine
• Field Testing Set up to facilitate Researcher, Stakeholders to carry out
• innovative design and development in SWT
This facility will cater for conducting the reliability testing of
Small wind turbine component to support the technology.
Training Space for WTG O&M .
Work order was issued to CPWD , Madurai during October
2018 and in advance stage of construction.

18. NIWE being a
National
Institution has
responsibility
to provide
correct
information to
correct user at
correct time
Information
Collection, Process & Preserve – Library
Information Dissemination
Website
Publications : Newsletter, Annual Report & Information Brochure
Training
National Training
International Training
Special Training & Internal Meetings
Online Training
Training Facilities
Training Academic Promotion
Educational visits
Students Projects
External Lectures & etc.
Outreach Activities
Exhibitions
Knowledge Forum
Global Wind Day & etc.

19. ASEAN Cooperation Fund - ASEAN countries
AIFS-II & III- African countries
ITEC / SCAAP partners countries
AOI Engineers from Egypt
MNRE Sponsors / Cuban Scientists
BIMSTEC / ASEAN countries
Successfully completed - 42 ITC
1
7
25
1
4
1
Uganda Officials 1
27 National Training Courses
24 Self – supported training
Special Training for Students and officials from KREDA, LREDA
2 Special Training on “Small Wind Turbine”
10 Vayumitra Foundation Course
5 Training conducted at NIWE
5 Training conducted at GRI
14 Customized Training Courses
System operators of Load Dispatch Centers – POSOCO
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA)
2 MNRE Scientist Training
National Power Training Institute (NPTI) students
State Nodal Agencies
Adani Green Energy
2 Gail India
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
JSW Energy
Sembcorp
NTPC
Successfully completed – 51 NTC
e-ITEC Online Programme 3

20. 6 to 8 weeks
5000 participants
NIWE and identifies institutions
Training of Trainers
On the job practical training
National Certificate
By SCGJ and Skill Ministry
As the next step, MNRE / NIWE is in the process of rolling out the "Vayumitra Training Courses" in
line with the Suryamitra programme towards creating skilled workforce for the wind energy sector
to have a trained manpower to achieve the Government of India target of 60 GW wind installation
by 2022 and even the future targets.
IDENTIFICATION OF INSTITUTES - (IOI)
ORIENTATION TO ASSESSORS - (OTA)
TRAINING OF TRAINERS - (TOT)
TRAINING OF PARTICIPANTS - (TOP)
A total of 5734 trainees [3660 technicians plus 1350 site surveyors in wind
power plants], 690 trainers (ToT), and 34 assessors, are expected to be trained.
The programme will be conducted in eight (9) windy states, namely Rajasthan,
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
Madhya Pradesh and Kerala during the financial year 2021–24 in batches.

21. Blade Design
Generators
Power Electronics
Hybrid Systems/ Energy
Storage
Condition Monitoring
/ IoT
01
05
04
03
02
WRA and Forecasting
06

22. Academic Contribution
Contribution in Public Interest
Contribution to Developers & Investors
Library
Publications and Knowledge Resources
Training Courses
Master level Syllabus
HRD Programme
Authentic information about wind availability
NIWE Certifications provide confidence
Promotion of wind energy
Awareness Celebration

23. NIWE is being the National institute for Wind Energy and serving as the
technical focal point for the development of wind energy in the country, has
committed to create skilled work fore need for the sector and has all the
knowledge, facilities and expertise do to so.
NIWE is the one stop shop for skill development requirements

24. Thank you