CHENNAI: S Gomathinayagam, director general, National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), inaugurated the Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA), AMS stations and the Calibration Laboratory at Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management. The stations, collectively known as the Centre for Assessment of Solar Energy, were inaugurated on Tuesday. G Girdhar, director-head, SRRA, NIWE; Elena Berger, department of Energy, USA; Michael Elchinger and Manajit Sengupta, NREL officials, and Tiruvallur District Collector K Veera Raghava Rao, were also present during the inauguration. The formal inauguration began with a speech by Giridhar, followed by an overview of the research activities undertaken in association with NIWE, by principal P M Beulah Devamalar. The following day’s programme saw around 100 participants in a workshop on ‘Solar Resource Assessment and Solar Project Development’ at NIWE followed by a site visit to the installed station at Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management. The programme continued with an interactive discussion on the realm of research in Renewable Energy.