The Alternate Hydro Energy Center (AHEC) of IIT Roorkee offers following Under Graduate Courses:

IAH-01 Small Hydro Power Development Technology
IAH-02 Renewable Energy Sources Development Technology

IAH-01 Small Hydro Power Development
General : Necessity and Importance of harnessing small hydro power, potential assessment, national policies, laws and related economics & financial viability; Civil : Site selection, environmental aspect, run-of-the-river and storage schemes; diversion structures, power channels, desilting arrangements, forebay tank and balancing reservoir, penstock and power house; Mechanical : Type of turbines and their selection, gates and valves, governing system (mechanical & electrical); Electrical : Types of generators - synchronous and induction, transformers, protection & control, transmission and distribution system.

IAH-02 Renewable Energy Sources Development Technology
General : Energy sources & demand in different sectors, conventional & non-conventional energy sources, Importance of new and renewable energy sources in the present energy scenario; Small Hydro: Basic components of small and mini hydro energy system; Biomass : Biomass conversion process : Thermal and biological, thermal and electricity generation, application of bio-fuels; Solar Energy: Solar insolation; solar collectors; solar energy conversion processes : Thermal & photovoltaic; wind energy ; Types of wind mills, their basic characteristics and applications; Ocean and Geothermal energies, New technologies, Integrated renewable energy system.

Facilities
Labs
General Facilities
Real Time Simulator For SHP Plants
Library

Placement Records
Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd.
GVR Ltd.
Kirloskar Brothers, Pune
Jyoti Ltd.
Lanco Hydro
Tata Consulting Engineers
Engg. Institutes
Voith Hydro
Mohan Energy Ltd., New Delhi
Tata Consultancy Service
WAPCOS
Flovel Mecamidi Energy Pvt. Ltd. Faridabad

Contacts
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee - 247 667
Uttarakhand, India
Contact Numbers:
Fax No: + 91 1332-273517, 273560
Phone No: + 91 1332-274254, 285213