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]
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 The twelve turbines of the wind farm. | |
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| Coordinates | 6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E / 6.8433°N 80.8131°E |
| Status | Operational |
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| Units operational | 12 × 0.25 MW |
| Make and model | Unknown (12) |
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| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Aitken Spence PBT Grows by 25% in First Quarter". 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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