Hambantota Wind Farm
The Hambantota Wind Farm was a wind farm in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, owned and operated by the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board. The wind farm, which was located along south-eastern coast of Hambantota was the country's first wind farm, and consisted of five NEG Micon M1500-600 wind turbines of each. With a total installed capacity of, the wind farm generated up to approximately of power a year.
The wind farm cost approximately to build, of which 34% were local funds and 66% were foreign funds. Foreign funds were raised by the Global Environmental Facility and the World Bank. Studies on the project dated as early as 1988, more than a decade before it was commissioned in 1999. The wind farm was decommissioned and dismantled in late 2018.
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| Turbine manufacturer | NEG Micon |
| Model | M1500-600 |
| Nameplate capacity | 600 KW |
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| Rotor RPM | 18 to 27 |
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| Tower type | Tubular steel |
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