Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

Image showing a bird's-eye view of the twelve wind turbines of the wind farm.

The twelve turbines of the wind farm.
Location of Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm in Sri Lanka
Country Sri Lanka
Coordinates 06°50′36″N 80°48′47″E / 6.84333°N 80.81306°E / 6.84333; 80.81306Coordinates: 06°50′36″N 80°48′47″E / 6.84333°N 80.81306°E / 6.84333; 80.81306
Status Operational
Commission date February 2012
Owner(s) Ace Wind Power
Power generation
Units operational 12 × 0.25KW
Nameplate capacity 3 MW

The Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm is small wind farm in Ambewela, owned and operated by Ace Wind Power, a subsidiary of Aitken Spence. As of October 2012, it is one of the only few operating multi-megawatt wind farms in Sri Lanka. The wind farm consists of 12 wind turbines of 250 KW each, totalling the plant installed capacity to 3 megawatts.[1][2]

Ten of the 12 wind turbines at Ambewela.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm.

References

  1. "Blue chips eye more hydro, wind power plants". DailyNews.lk. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. "Aitken Spence PBT Grows by 25% in First Quarter". 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.