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Entura welcomes international delegation for renewable energy training

8 November, 2024

Entura is proud to continue our support for the South Asia Regional Infrastructure Connectivity (SARIC) initiative from DFAT by delivering a renewable energy training to participants from the South Asia region.

SARIC is a $32 million initiative funded by the Australian Government since 2020 and is implemented by the World Bank, IFC and Palladium.

Over the next 2 weeks, the Entura clean energy and water institute (ECEWI) will be providing training to 20 executives from Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The participants will gain knowledge of global practices being followed in Australia for renewables development and operation, learning about solar, wind, battery energy storage systems, renewable energy policies, clean energy financing, the National Electricity Market (NEM) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. They will also experience first-hand various renewable energy assets to contextualise their learnings, including Yaloak South Wind Farm, Girgarre Solar Farm and Tasmania’s King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project.

Entura’s senior renewable energy specialists will be delivering the sessions, including Silke Schwartz, Director, Water and Renewables, Dr Andrew Wright, Senior Principal, Renewables and Energy, Donald Vaughan, Technical Director, Power, Dr Christopher Blanksby, Principal Engineer, Wind, and Dr Cynthia Nixon, Principal Environmental Consultant. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to engage with guests from across the energy sector.

“Our people are experts in renewable energy and the opportunity to deliver this training is a testament to their skills and knowledge,” said Entura’s Managing Director, Dr Amanda Ashworth. “Capacity-building is as important as ever for a successful and sustainable clean energy transition, and we are passionate about facilitating this.”

Following this, a power markets training was delivered, covering key power market topics and creating important opportunities for networking and relationship building between Australian energy sector players and South Asian counterparts.

Entura has delivered training through ECEWI for over ten years. During that time, it has delivered more than 146 training programs to power and water clients in Australia and internationally. This includes dam safety training for the Malaysian Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), dam safety training for local Tasmanian utilities, and close relationships with Bangkok’s Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Kuala Lumpur’s Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), among others.

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