1. Developing the wind energy market in Vietnam by means of  training and education
Dr. Ronny Timmreck
leXsolar, Germany,
Chief Executive Officer

2. Introduction and Motivation

3. Who is leXsolar?
Established in 2003 as a spin-off from the University of Technology Dresden
Focus: Education and Training products for renewable energies
Today, leXsolar is one of the worldwide leaders for training and education in renewable energies

4. Our Vision – Your Training Success!
leXsolar is customer oriented!
Lecturers and teachers can use our products ”out of the box”
Students get reliable results
leXsolar delivers highest quality!
Made in Germany
Long lasting for generations of students
Instructions of highest didactic quality
leXsolar is highly innovative!
You always get the latest Technology:
SOFC-fuel cells, smart grid, electric mobility, …

5. Challenges when entering a new market with a new technology:
Motivation
Challenges when entering a new market with a new technology:
Lack of educated and skilled personnel
No awareness for the technology
Refusing or even hostile attitude of the people
leXsolar is offering training solutions
For all levels from basic to advanced training level
CSR-projects for raising awareness and creating a positive attitude towards wind energy

6. Education and Training Levels
Result:
Your experts in wind power for
Manufacturing
Installation
Sales
Service
Administration …
Education and Training Levels
Master studies
Instructor series
Bachelor studies
Trainer series
Vocational
training
Professional series
School
CSR Projects
leXsolar-Academy
age
… …

7. Outline
Fundamental Wind power Training
Technical and Vocational Training
Advanced Training
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Projects
leXsolar-Academy

8. 1. Fundamental Wind Power Training
Professional Series

9. Trainees and apprentices Bachelor students Non-technical staff
Product: leXsolar-Wind Professional Method: Lab-scale practical training system Target groups:
Trainees and apprentices
Bachelor students
Non-technical staff
Occupational profile:
Wind power plant installers
R&D engineers
Service technicians and engineers
Sales staff and engineers
Administration staff

10. Understanding the fundamentals of wind power
Learning Objectives
Setup of different wind turbine types
Vertical axis vs. horizontal axis
Horizontal axis turbines with different number or types of blades
Physical quantities relevant for turbine operation and characterization
Wind speed, Rotating speed, tip speed ratio, …
Efficiency
Electrical output
Dependence of the electrical output on different parameters
Wind speed, wind direction, …
Optimizing wind turbines
Pitch regulation
Optimizing distance of wind turbines
Understanding the fundamentals of wind power

11. 2. Technical and vocational training
Trainer Series

12. Advanced Trainees and apprentices Advanced Bachelor students
Product: leXsolar-Wind Trainer Method: Real component small scale training panel system Target groups:
Advanced Trainees and apprentices
Advanced Bachelor students
Occupational profile:
Wind power plant installers
Service technicians
Sales engineers
Major topics:
Measuring real wind turbines
DC and off-grid wind systems
Grid feed-in

13. 3. Advanced Training
Instructor Series

14. Advanced service technicians Advanced master students
Product: leXsolar-Wind Instructor Method: Large scale simulation and training system Target groups:
Advanced service technicians
Advanced master students
Occupational profile:
Research & Development engineer
Service engineer
Major topics:
Three-phase generators
Real operation of wind turbines
Frequency and voltage control
Grid synchronization

15. 4. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects

16. Objectives:
Raising awareness for wind power
Creating a positive attitude towards wind power
Example projects and best practice from Germany:
Sponsoring schools
Educational projects
Public education and information centers

17. 5. leXsolar-Academy

18. Potential types of leXsolar-Academy: In-house trainings
Train-the trainer sessions, especially for introducing leXsolar-products
Renewable energy lectures and practical courses
leXsolar-academy modules for wind energy:
Module 1: Introduction to physics of wind power
Module 2: Physical fundamentals of wind power
Module 3: Wind turbine types and configurations
Module 4: Electric generators for wind power
Module 5: Wind power systems
Module 6: Wind power world market: facts and figures