Course Description
Kazakhstan has roughly 958 MW of wind capacity operating and 100 MW blocks going to auction with twenty-year contracts and thirty-six-month commissioning windows. The country's wind resource is exceptional; the constraint is competence to develop, operate and maintain the assets.
This course develops onshore wind capability. Participants learn wind resource assessment and its uncertainty, turbine technology and selection, wind farm layout and wake effects, energy yield and loss analysis, foundations, electrical infrastructure and grid connection, construction and commissioning, operations and maintenance strategy, condition monitoring of drivetrains and blades, and performance and availability management.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Conduct wind resource assessment and quantify uncertainty
- Compare turbine technologies and select for site conditions
- Design wind farm layout and account for wake effects
- Model energy yield and analyse losses
- Address foundations, electrical infrastructure and grid connection
- Manage construction and commissioning
- Build an O&M strategy for onshore wind
- Apply condition monitoring to drivetrains and blades
How the course is delivered
The course combines wind engineering with resource, yield and O&M exercises using realistic site data and turbine configurations. Participants work through layout optimisation, loss analysis and maintenance strategy.
The programme is specific to onshore wind — its resource assessment, logistics, foundations and maintenance access differ fundamentally from offshore, and the economics are set by availability.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Engineers in wind project development and delivery
- O&M and asset managers of wind farms
- Utility and IPP technical staff
- Investors and lenders assessing wind projects
- Anyone building or operating onshore wind
Daily programme
- Wind resource fundamentals
- Measurement campaigns and instrumentation
- Long-term correction and uncertainty
- Resource assessment and the P50/P90
- Turbine technology and components
- Turbine selection and site suitability
- Wind farm layout
- Wake effects and losses
- Energy yield modelling
- Loss analysis
- Foundations and civil works
- Electrical infrastructure and grid connection
- Construction and logistics
- Commissioning and performance testing
- O&M strategy and contracts
- Availability and performance management
- Drivetrain maintenance and failures
- Blade inspection and repair
- Condition monitoring and SCADA analysis
- Life extension, workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
