Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

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
Ambewela wind farm and cows from Ambewela dairy farm.
Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
The twelve turbines of the wind farm.
Country
Location
Coordinates6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • February 2012
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
  • Ace Wind Power
Wind farm
Type
  • Onshore
Power generation
Units operational12 × 0.25 MW
Make and modelUnknown (12)
Nameplate capacity
  • 3 MW
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.