Reliability, Materials and Case Studies November 15-17, 2010 Pokhara, Nepal

SPONSORED BY Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the framework of Danida program

Overview and Objectives

The renewable energy technologies can provide sources of unlimited, cheap and clean energy to the people in developing countries. Especially, communities in remote and dry regions, which do not have easy access to the hydro power, and cannot afford the installation of long transmission lines or using solar photovoltaic power, could benefit from the wider use of wind energy. Small wind turbines can present a good, economically viable and environmental friendly solution for remote villages in hilly regions. The Workshop will bring together specialists in the area of small scale wind energy from different countries, to discuss the application of wind energy technologies, reliability of wind turbines, strength of used materials, case studies and perspectives of application of wind energy in developing countries. This Workshop is the follow-up to the international workshops on Natural and Low Cost Materials in Wind Energy Technologies (Dhulikhel, Nepal, November 10-12, 2008), and on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries (Nairobi, Kenya, September 14-16, 2009).

Workshop Topics
The workshop covers the following main themes: Wind energy technologies, their perspectives and applications in developing countries, Reliability of wind turbines, lifetime and strength of wind turbine components, Low cost and natural materials for wind turbines, Case studies, social and economic aspects of wind energy in developing countries.

Organizing Committee
Povl Brndsted (Ris DTU, Denmark) Peter Freere (Monash University, Australia), Dorte Juul Jensen (Ris DTU, Denmark) Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. (Chairman, Ris DTU, Denmark) Rakesh Sinha (Chairman, KAPEG, Nepal) Bent F. Srensen (Ris DTU, Denmark)

Programme November 15, 2010

9:00- 9:45 Registration

OPENING SESSION
9:45- 9:55 9:55-10:05 10:05-10:35 10:35-11:00 11:00-11:30 11:30-12:00 12:00-14:00 Welcome, Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. (Denmark) Welcome, Pramod Ghimire (Nepal) Keynote Lecture: Rakesh Sinha (Nepal) Natural Materials and Coatings for Low Cost Wind Turbines for Developing Countries: Summary of Studies Coffee Keynote Lecture: Dietmar Gross (Germany) Fatigue, Damage and Fracture of Wood Composites Keynote Lecture: Peter Freere (Australia) International Survey of Small Wind Turbines Lunch

SESSION: SMALL WIND TURBINES

14:00-14:30 Laia Ferrer-Mart, Javier Sempere, Oliver Marcelo, Anna Garwood, Jos Chiroque, Benito Ramirez (Spain, Peru, USA) El Alumbre, Campo Alegre and Alto Peru: Evaluating and Comparing of Three Community Small-scale Wind Generation Project Amrit Singh Thapa (Nepal) Case Studies, Manufacturing and Installation of Small Wind Turbines in Nepal Coffee

14:30-14:50

14:50-15:10

SESSION: WIND ENERGY IN NEPAL

15:10-15:40 Pushkar Manandhar (Nepal) Field Experience of Practical Action Nepal in Promotion of Small Wind Energy Technologies in Nepal Basanta Raj Pokhrel and Brijesh Adhikary (Nepal) Wind Energy Grid Integration and its Impact in Nepal Narayan Prasad Adhikari (Nepal) Design, Modification and Economic Analysis of Multi-blade Wind Mill for Water Pumping in Morang District Paras Dahal (Nepal), On the Nepal Perpetual Energy Sanchita Baral, Brad Schultz (Australia) Supercapacitor Potential for Distributed Small Scale Lighting Power Storage and Delivery in Wind-powered Villages Dinner

15:40-16:00

16:00-16:20 16:20-16:40 16:40-17:00 18:30-20:30

Programme November 16, 2010

9:30-10:00 Keynote Lecture: Wilfried Becker (Germany) Mechanical Modelling and Strength Assessment of Laminate and Sandwich Structures

SESSION: NATURAL MATERIALS FOR WIND ENERGY APPLICATIONS

10:00-10:20 10:20-10:40 Peter Freere (Australia) Analysis of Nepali Timber for Wind Turbine Blades Petra Frohnapfel (Germany) Natural Fibre Composites for Innovative Small Scale Wind Turbine Blades Coffee

10:40-11:00

SESSION: WIND ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

11:00-11:20 Peter Freere (Australia) How to Design and Construct an Inexpensive Wind Turbine for a Developing Country Bruno Domenech, Laia Ferrer-Mart, Anna Garfi, Alberto Garcia-Villoria, Rafael Pastor (Peru, Spain) Design Models and Multicriteria Decisions in Wind-PV Electrification Projects Parash Acharya (Nepal) A Case Study for The Usability of 50 Watt Rutland Wind Turbine System Replaced With Local Timber Blades Lunch

11:20-11:40

11:40-12:00

12:00-14:00

SESSION: SMALL WIND TURBINES

14:00-14:30 14:30-14:50 Konrad L. Hitz and David H.Wood (Canada, Australia) On Blade Arrangement for Multi-Blade Rotors Kostas Latoufis, Kotsampopoulos Panagiotis (Greece) Design, Construction and Simulation of a Small Scale Axial Flux Wind Turbine for Appropriate Technology Applications Rijan Poudyal and Basanta Raj Pokhrel (Nepal) Improvement On Wind Energy Penetration Using Flexible Ac Transmission System (Facts) Coffee Keynote Lecture: Bent F. Srensen (Denmark) Why and How Wind Turbine Blades Fail: Multiscale Modelling and Testing,

14:50-15:10

15:10-15:30 15:30-16:00

SESSION: WIND ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

16:00-16:20 Pramod Ghimire (Nepal) Solar Timber Dryer : Design Performance Test and Future Prospective of Solar Timber Dryer in Nepal Ram P. Regmi (Nepal) Prospects of Wind Energy Development in and Around the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Boaventura Cuamba (Mozambique) Preliminary Results of Wind Measurements in Two 18.Stations Along The Coastline in Southern Mozambique Alexander Mikhalevich (Bielorussia) Selection of Potential Wind Farm Sites Oluwaseyi O. Ajayi and Okeniyi, J.O. (Nigeria) Availability of Wind Energy Potential in Selected 10.Sites in Northern Nigeria Dinner

16:20-16:40

16:40-17:00

17:00-17:20 17:20-17:40

18:30-20:30

Programme November 17, 2010

9:30-10:00 David H. Wood, Small Wind Turbines: Analysis, Design and Application (presentation of a new book)

SESSION: WIND ENERGY IN NEPAL

10:00-10:20 Pushkar Manandhar (Nepal) Wind Hybrid System to Support Weak Grids in Rural Areas of Nepal. The Case of Mustang District Phil D. Clausen, P. Peterson, D.H. Wood: Designing an Easily-Made Lattice Tower for a Small Wind Turbine Coffee Aruna Awale (Nepal) Wind Energy Development in Nepal: From Past Experience and Present Developments Towards a Prospective Future Ram C Poudel (Nepal) Challenges and Opportunities of Small Scale Wind Energy Development in Nepal Nabaraj Pokharel, Anup Thapa, Kripa Sharma (Nepal), Study on Improvement of Small Wind Charge Controller Closing Remarks, Rakesh Sinha (Nepal) Closing Remarks, Leon Mishnaevsky Jr (Denmark) Lunch

10:20-10:40

10:20-10:40 10:40-11:00

11:00-11:20

11:20-11:40

12:00-12:10 12:10-12:20 12:20-14:00

2008 International Workshop on

NATURAL AND LOWCOST MATERIALS IN WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

November 10-12 2008, Dhulikhel, Nepal

2009 International Workshop on

SMALL SCALE WIND ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

September 14-16, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya