Madurankuliya Wind Farm
Country
Location
Coordinates8°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
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
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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 ReGen 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
TurbineCoordinates
Turbine 108°00′46″N 79°43′37″E / 8.01278°N 79.72694°E / 8.01278; 79.72694 (DLR Turbine 1)
Turbine 208°00′51″N 79°43′35″E / 8.01417°N 79.72639°E / 8.01417; 79.72639 (DLR Turbine 2)
Turbine 308°01′24″N 79°43′26″E / 8.02333°N 79.72389°E / 8.02333; 79.72389 (DLR Turbine 3)
Turbine 408°01′31″N 79°43′22″E / 8.02528°N 79.72278°E / 8.02528; 79.72278 (DLR Turbine 4)
Turbine 508°01′39″N 79°43′20″E / 8.02750°N 79.72222°E / 8.02750; 79.72222 (DLR Turbine 5)
Turbine 608°01′47″N 79°43′17″E / 8.02972°N 79.72139°E / 8.02972; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 6)
Turbine 708°01′53″N 79°43′17″E / 8.03139°N 79.72139°E / 8.03139; 79.72139 (DLR Turbine 7)
Turbine 808°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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