Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
The twelve turbines of the wind farm.
Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Ambewela
Coordinates	6°50′36″N80°48′47″E / 6.8433°N 80.8131°E / 6.8433; 80.8131
Status	Operational
Commission date	February 2012
Owner	Aitken Spence
Operator	Ace Wind Power
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	12 × 0.25 MW
Make and model	Unknown (12)
Nameplate capacity	3 MW
External links
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The Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm is a 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 . The wind turbines are of type HSW 250T, originally built 1992. ^{[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.

See also

• Electricity in Sri Lanka
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

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.