Resource assessment

Two met-towers installed in Mongolia

Date of post: 
2014-12-15

Two met-towers for wind measurement were installed in Mongolia as part of Quantum Leap in Wind program of the Asian Development Bank at:

  1. Ulaan Uul in Erdene Soum, Dornogobi aimag
  2. Tsaidam Nuur in Sukhbaatar Aimag

 

These two permanent met-masts will enable more accurate mapping of wind resources in Mongolia.

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Promotion of Utility Scale Renewable Energy Applications

Date of post: 
2014-06-20

At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2014, Pramod Jain was a panelist on June 18 in the "Promotion of Utility Scale Renewable Energy Applications" session.  He spoke about challenges of developing economically viable utility-scale wind projects in new and emerging wind markets.  Experiences from Quantum Leap in Wind Power in Asia and the Pacific were presented.

Guidelines for Wind Resource Assessment: Best Practices for Countries Initiating Wind Development

Date of post: 
2014-07-18

The Asian Development Bank released a publication "Guidelines for Wind Resource Assessment: Best Practices for Countries Initiating Wind Development".  Pramod Jain is the lead author. It may be downloaded from:

http://www.adb.org/publications/guidelines-wind-resource-assessment-best...

 

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International Finance Corp/World Bank Presentation

Date of post: 
2014-08-26

Presentation on "Experiences from the Emerging Wind Energy Markets."  In the emerging wind energy markets there is a strong desire to move to clean energy solutions, but a variety of challenges have slowed progress.  Asian Development Bank’s Quantum Leap in Wind Power Development for Asia and the Pacific (ADB/QLW) program has been working in Mongolia, Philippines and Sri Lanka for about five years.

USTDA Contract

Date of post: 
2014-04-24

For the Energy Sector Activities IDIQ Contract of USTDA (US Trade and Development Agency), Innovative Wind Energy, Inc. is pleased to be subcontractor to Tetra TechIWE will provide expertise in the area of Wind power generation for select developing and middle-income economies across five regions: East Asia; Latin American and the Caribbean; Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Eurasia; South and Southeast Asia; and, Sub-Saharan Africa. 

System Impact Study for Wind Energy workshop by IWE

Date of post: 
2014-02-14

In Makassar, Indonesia from Feb 17-21, 2014, IWE conducted a workshop. The 5-day workshop covered topics related to impact of wind energy on the grid. The hands-on workshop covered steady-state and dynamic stability modeling, system operations and wind resource assessment. The workshop is part of USAID's Indonesia Clean Energy Development (ICED) project.