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.
Country Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°54′N 80°48′E / 6.900°N 80.800°E / 6.900; 80.800Coordinates: 6°54′N 80°48′E / 6.900°N 80.800°E / 6.900; 80.800
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.
Winder power system in Ambewela, Nuwara Eliya

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Blue chips eye more hydro, wind power plants". DailyNews.lk. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Aitken Spence PBT Grows by 25% in First Quarter". 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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