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Programme
9:00- 10:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 Opening Session
10:00-10:05 Opening, Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. (Denmark)
10:05-10:15 Welcome, Povl Brøndsted (Denmark)
10:15-10:25 Welcome, Rakesh Sinha (Nepal) and Peter Freere (Australia)
10:25-10:35 Welcome, Jun Hada (Practical Action Nepal)
10:35-10:50 Coffee
10:50-11:20 Low cost small wind turbines: the interaction of materials, design, and manufacturing, David Wood (Australia)
11:20-12:00 Wind energy: Materials challenges now and in future, Povl Brøndsted (Denmark)
12:10-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:20 Session on Small Wind Turbines in Nepal and other Developing Countries
14:00-14:40 Case study of the development in Kenya of the third generation Kijito wind pump, Mike Harries (Kenya)
14:40-15:00 Small wind system market and institutional model for Nepal, Rakesh Shrestha (Nepal)
15:00-15:20 Coffee
15:20-16:00 Scenarios of renewable energy, its opportunity and challenges in Nepal, Ramesh Maskey (Nepal)
16:00-16:20 Starting a technical business in Nepal, Peter Freere (Australia)
16:20-16:40 Wind Resources Map of Nepal, Aruna Awale, (Nepal)
17:00-18:00 Visit to the site of wooden wind turbine at Dhulikhel
19:00-21:30 Dinner
November 11, 2008
9:30-12:00 Session of Wood Properties
9:30-10:10 What makes wood stiff and tough? Ingo Burgert (Germany)
10:10-10:30 Fracture, hardness and fatigue testing of wood: KAPEG experience, Rakesh Sinha (Nepal)
10:30-10: 50 3D Micromechanics of wood: a way to classification and choice of wood for structural applications, Hai Qing (Denmark)
10:50-11:20 Coffee
11:20-11:40 Diagnostics of small cracks in woods for rotating parts, Alla Balueva (USA)
11:40-12:00 Bamboo: Perspectives of its application in wind energy constructions, John W. Holmes (Denmark)
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:20 Session on Wind Energy in Nepal and other Developing Countries
14:00-14:40 Small wind farm: Lighting up rural Nepal, Rakesh Shrestha (Nepal)
14:40-15:00 Case study of the wind based rural electrification project in Esilanke Primary School, Kenya, Baptiste Berges (Denmark)
15:00-15:20 Coffee
15:20-15:40 Performance of hand carved timber blades on a small wind turbine, Phil Clausen (Australia)
15:40-16:00 Wind energy in India – A perspective, Anumakonda Jagadeesh (India)
16:00-16:20 Community based wind electrification schemes in Sri Lanka, Namiz Musafer (Sri Lanka)
16:20-16:40 Experience and prospects of wind power in Belarus, Alexander Mikhalevich and Vladimir Pachkov (Byelarus)
16:40-18:00 Visit to KAPEG site
19:00-21:30 Dinner
November 12, 2008
9:30-12:00 Session on Design of Small Wind Turbines
9:30-10:10 Designing small wind turbines using the IEC simple load model, Phil Clausen (Australia)
10:10-10:30 Design aspect of composite blades for wind turbine– delamination, Homayoun Hadavinia (UK)
10:30-10:50 Design aspects of a Small Wind Turbine adapted to powering a rural school in Kenyan wind climates, Baptiste Berges (Denmark)
10:50-11:00 Closing Remarks, Leon Mishnaevsky Jr (Denmark)
11:10-11:20 Coffee
12:00-14:00 Lunch
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