Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

Coordinates: 6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E / 6.8433°N 80.8131°E / 6.8433; 80.8131
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Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
The twelve turbines of the wind farm.
Map
Country
Location
Coordinates6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E / 6.8433°N 80.8131°E / 6.8433; 80.8131
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • February 2012
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
  • Ace Wind Power
Wind farm
Type
Power generation
Units operational12 × 0.25 MW
Make and modelUnknown (12)
Nameplate capacity
  • 3 MW
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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.

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  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.