Tata Power partners with POWERCON’s CORE for wind turbine operations training

Tata Power has partnered with POWERCON Group’s Centre of Renewable Energy to train its workforce in wind turbine operations and maintenance through a customized program that blends classroom learning with on-site experience.

The training will be delivered by CORE, the group’s renewable energy training academy, and is designed around SGRE technology wind turbines. It follows a structured three-layer approach combining theoretical instruction, field exposure, and advanced technical troubleshooting.

The first phase focuses on classroom sessions covering safety protocols, wind power plant design, turbine systems, balance of plant functions, and operational dynamics.

This is followed by hands-on training at operational sites, while the final phase emphasizes defect diagnosis at the component level, remote command and control, data analytics, and asset performance management.

Participants will also be trained at POWERCON’s Centre for Engineering Excellence, which offers facilities for turbine control and power flow simulation, component and PCB repair, and practical exposure at the Energy Studio, an international remote operations and analytics center handling multi-GW wind, solar, and battery energy storage assets.

In addition to technical modules, the program includes training on managerial aspects such as leadership at project sites and handling operational challenges in large-scale renewable energy installations.

Col (Dr) Bharat Sharma, COO of CORE, said, “We are delighted to have been appointed by TATA Power for this specialized training initiative. Serving a leading energy company like TATA Power is a recognition of CORE Academy’s ‘rare competence’ for RE industry-relevant training. CORE stands as a unique proposition to build capacity for RE-skilled, job-ready professionals to support India’s ambition of 900 GW of Clean Energy by 2035."

Paresh Sahasrabudhe, Head, O&M (Wind) at TATA Power, said, “We are pleased to choose POWERCON’s CORE Academy for this specialized training initiative. The extensive knowledge pool on the state-of-the-art RE technologies and domain expert trainers at CORE Academy help augment the RE workforce’s technical capabilities as we continue to expand our RE portfolio."

With India accelerating its renewable energy transition, demand for skilled workers in the sector is rising. The wind energy industry alone is projected to require nearly 150,000 trained professionals by 2030 as capacity expansion continues.

CORE Academy’s programs aligned with the National Skills Qualifications Framework aim to address this demand by creating a pipeline of job-ready talent.