THREE-Lanka project intends to establish a training hub for bridging the skill gap to enhance the work force of Sri Lanka so that the country’s RE-goals will be supported. The training hub comprises of five training centers that are established in five local partner universities. Overall aim of the THREE-Lanka project is to develop the required skill levels in Sri Lanka for sustainable development in RE sector by encompassing successful knowledge exchange with European Union (EU) universities. The specific objectives of the project can be found from the link http://www.threelanka.com/. The THREE-Lanka project will produce skilled and knowledgeable employees through continuous training programme that will run in three tracks in the RE-sector, which are for technicians, engineers and managers.

In this context, a training center has been established at Faculty of Engineering of University of Jaffna with a grant of around 20 million LKR. UoJ – center will provide the training with the focus on microgrid operations and demonstration. For this purpose, a microgrid system has been constructed by interconnecting the RE-power sources such as rooftop PV-systems, a floating solar station and a wind turbine, which are available within the RE-park of the Faculty of Engineering premises. Further, it provides laboratory experiments and simulation studies, physically and virtually. In addition, it will be reinforcing the knowledge of the participants through field visits to the existing RE-power plant in the vicinity of the Faculty of Engineering. A map of the RE-power plants in the Northern Province is depicted in Figure 1. The UoJ – center will also provide special training to produce skilled work force for installing rooftop solar PV-system.