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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr PERERA" data-source="post: 6767321" data-attributes="member: 176031">Hambantota Wind Farm The Hambantota Wind Farm is the first and only wind power plant  in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri  Lanka</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Farm" target="_blank">farm</a> is located near the  south-eastern coast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambantota" target="_blank">Hambantota</a>, and consists of five <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEG_Micon" target="_blank">NEG  Micon M1500-600</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine" target="_blank">wind turbines</a>, measuring 600<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt" target="_blank">KW</a> each. With a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nameplate_capacity" target="_blank">nameplate capacity</a> of 3<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt" target="_blank">MW</a>, and an approximate annual generation  capacity of 4500 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MWh" target="_blank">MWh</a>, this plant stretches to about 1,500 km2  (580 sq mi) in size. The cost of this project was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Rupee" target="_blank">LKR</a>280 million (1999 rates), of which 34%  were local funds and 66% were foreign funds. The foreign funds consists  of funds from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Environmental_Facility" target="_blank">Global  Environmental Facility</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank" target="_blank">World  Bank</a>. The project was commissioned in 1999, of which studies of  developing this project dated as early as 1988. The project is now owned  by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon_Electricity_Board" target="_blank">Ceylon Electricity Board</a>. Turbine manufacturer  :   NEG Micon Model  :   M1500-600 Nameplate capacity  :   600KW Hub height   :  46 m (151 ft) Weight of Nacelle  :   19,000 kg (42,000 lb) Rotor diameter  :   43 m (141 ft) Rotor swept area  :   1,452 m2 (15,629 sq ft) Weight of rotor  :   13,000 kg (29,000 lb) Rotor RPM  :   18 to 27 Tower type   :  Tubular steel (seven sections) Weight of tower   :  40,000 kg (88,000 lb) Size of tower foundation   :  11 m (36 ft) (diameter) Cut-in wind speed   :  3.5 m/s (11 ft/s) Cut-out wind speed  :   25 m/s (82 ft/s) Survival wind speed   :  69 m/s (226 ft/s) <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3634175251_1182dfcaf4_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3634178785_246c657db1_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/HambantotaWindFarm-SriLanka.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.ceb.lk/PVT/Pilot%20Wind/Windfarm4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Add Rep++ if you like my tread <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/0002035B.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>" </blockquote>

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