Madurankuliya Wind Farm

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Madurankuliya Wind Farm
Country
Location
Coordinates8°01′N 79°44′E / 8.01°N 79.73°E / 8.01; 79.73Coordinates: 8°01′N 79°44′E / 8.01°N 79.73°E / 8.01; 79.73
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • March 2012
Owner(s)
  • Akbar Brothers
Operator(s)
  • Daily Life Renewable Energy
Wind farm
Type
  • Onshore
Rated wind speed
  • 12.5 m/s (41 ft/s)
Power generation
Units operational8 × 1.5 MW
Make and modelReGen Vensys 82 (8)
Nameplate capacity
  • 12 MW
External links
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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 VENSYS 82 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
Turbine Coordinates
Turbine 1 08°00′46″N 79°43′37″E / 8.01278°N 79.72694°E / 8.01278; 79.72694 (DLR Turbine 1)
Turbine 2 08°00′51″N 79°43′35″E / 8.01417°N 79.72639°E / 8.01417; 79.72639 (DLR Turbine 2)
Turbine 3 08°01′24″N 79°43′26″E / 8.02333°N 79.72389°E / 8.02333; 79.72389 (DLR Turbine 3)
Turbine 4 08°01′31″N 79°43′22″E / 8.02528°N 79.72278°E / 8.02528; 79.72278 (DLR Turbine 4)
Turbine 5 08°01′39″N 79°43′20″E / 8.02750°N 79.72222°E / 8.02750; 79.72222 (DLR Turbine 5)
Turbine 6 08°01′47″N 79°43′17″E / 8.02972°N 79.72139°E / 8.02972; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 6)
Turbine 7 08°01′53″N 79°43′17″E / 8.03139°N 79.72139°E / 8.03139; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 7)
Turbine 8 08°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 82". ReGen. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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