WAsP
PURUSHOTHAMAN MANI
WIND REOSURCE ASSESSMENT
Chennai
Summary
Renewable energy professional with over 9.5 years of experience in wind resource assessment across global markets. Proven expertise in optimizing wind farm layouts, performing technical feasibility studies, and providing high-quality technical documentation to clients. Passionate about leveraging data-driven analysis to enhance project performance and sustainability.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Associate Wind Specialist
Blue Power Partners Renewable Energy Private Limited
04.2025 - Current
- Wind resource assessment SPoC for the APAC region.
- Global site prospecting to find the potential wind site and conducting technical feasibility studies.
- Measurement campaign planning.
- Wind data analysis, self, and cross-prediction analysis.
- Performing long-term correction with different approaches.
- Optimize the wind farm layout with different turbine configurations and spacing to achieve maximum energy yield and reduce the LCOE (CAPEX/OPEX/DEVEX), making the project financially viable.
- Uncertainty and loss analysis.
- Arriving P50, P75, and P90 values to derive the business case.
- Identify technical risks associated with the project and give a mitigation plan to reduce the risks.
- Energy gap analysis between different consultants and OEMs.
- Delivering high-quality technical documentation to the client.
- Interacting with the client and addressing queries related to wind resource assessment.
- Supporting projects that are near the construction stage.
- Preliminary energy yield assessment for offshore wind farms.
- Supporting power cure verification test (PCT).
- Work cross-functionally to make sure technical and commercial go shoulder to shoulder.
- Mentoring junior wind analysts.
Wind Resource Assessment Engineer
SIEMENS Gamesa Renewable Power Private Limited
02.2016 - 07.2021
- Identify potential areas for wind farm developments and set up meteorological masts per IEC Guidelines.
- Site visits, Wind Data analysis, and long-term corrections.
- Calculate uncertainties and review energy loss factors.
- Simulating wind flow model to Estimate annual energy production for different probability of exceedance (P50, P75, P90) and provide detailed documents.
- Coordinating with the Wind Farm Operations team to optimize and finalize the turbine layout.
- Coordinate with the sales team to solve customer queries about wind resource assessment.
Education
BE - Mechanical Engineering
KCG College of Technology
Skills
- Site Prospecting & Technical Feasibility Studies
- Measurement Campaign Planning
- Wind data analysis
- Uncertainty and Loss Assessment
- Power Curve Verification (PCT) plan
- Generating asset performance analysis
Software
WindPRO
Openwind
Meteodyn
Windographer
QGIS
Global Mapper
MS Office Suite
Personal Profile
- Nationality: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
- Location: Chennai, India
Timeline
Associate Wind Specialist
Blue Power Partners Renewable Energy Private Limited
04.2025 - Current
Wind Resource Assessment Engineer
SIEMENS Gamesa Renewable Power Private Limited
02.2016 - 07.2021
BE - Mechanical Engineering
KCG College of Technology