Madurankuliya Wind Farm

Madurankuliya Wind Farm
Country Sri Lanka
Location Narakkaliya, Puttalam
Coordinates 08°00′46″N 79°43′37″E / 8.01278°N 79.72694°E / 8.01278; 79.72694Coordinates: 08°00′46″N 79°43′37″E / 8.01278°N 79.72694°E / 8.01278; 79.72694
Status Operational
Commission date March 2012
Owner(s) WindForce (Pvt) Ltd
Operator(s) Daily Life Renewable
Energy (Pvt) Ltd
Wind farm
Type Onshore
Hub height 85 m (279 ft)
Rotor diameter 82 m (269 ft)
Power generation
Units operational 8 × 1.5 MW
Make and model ReGen VENSYS 77
Nameplate capacity 12 MW
Website
http://www.windforce.lk/power-projects/daily-life-energy.html

The Madurankuliya Wind Farm (also known as Narakkaliya Wind Farm, after its location) is a 12 MW wind farm located in Narakkaliya, bordering the Lakvijaya Power Station, in Narakkaliya, Puttalam, Sri Lanka. The wind farm is operated by Daily Life Renewable Energy (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of WindForce (Pvt) Ltd, which owns most of the existing wind farms in the country. The facility consists of eight ReGen VENSYS 77 wind turbines of 1.5 MW each. With a hub height of 85 m (279 ft) and a rotor diameter of 82 m (269 ft), these turbines has rated wind speeds of 13 m/s (43 ft/s), despite the site only experiencing about 7.4 m/s (24 ft/s).[1][2] The wind farm experiences air densities of 1.158 kg/m3 (0.072 lb/cu ft).

Turbine locations
TurbineCoordinates
Turbine 108°00′46″N 79°43′37″E / 8.01278°N 79.72694°E / 8.01278; 79.72694 (DLR Turbine 1)
Turbine 208°00′51″N 79°43′35″E / 8.01417°N 79.72639°E / 8.01417; 79.72639 (DLR Turbine 2)
Turbine 308°01′24″N 79°43′26″E / 8.02333°N 79.72389°E / 8.02333; 79.72389 (DLR Turbine 3)
Turbine 408°01′31″N 79°43′22″E / 8.02528°N 79.72278°E / 8.02528; 79.72278 (DLR Turbine 4)
Turbine 508°01′39″N 79°43′20″E / 8.02750°N 79.72222°E / 8.02750; 79.72222 (DLR Turbine 5)
Turbine 608°01′47″N 79°43′17″E / 8.02972°N 79.72139°E / 8.02972; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 6)
Turbine 708°01′53″N 79°43′17″E / 8.03139°N 79.72139°E / 8.03139; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 7)
Turbine 808°01′47″N 79°43′06″E / 8.02972°N 79.71833°E / 8.02972; 79.71833 (DLR Turbine 8)
A turbine at the wind farm site, in July 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Daily Life Renewable Energy". WindForce (Private) Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "ReGen VENSYS 77". ReGen. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  • "Project Information - Daily Life Kalpitiya Wind Farm". World Bank. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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