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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 state owned 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.[1] [2]
The wind farm cost approximately to build, of which 34% were local funds and 66% were foreign funds.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4]
| Subject | Details |
|---|---|
| Turbine manufacturer | NEG Micon |
| Model | M1500-600 |
| Nameplate capacity | 600 KW |
| Cut-in wind speed | 3.50NaN0 |
| Rated wind speed | 15.50NaN0 |
| Cut-out wind speed | 250NaN0 |
| Survival wind speed | 690NaN0 |
| 460NaN0 | |
| Rotor diameter | 430NaN0 |
| Rotor swept-area | 14520NaN0 |
| 18 to 27 | |
| Weight of rotor | 13000kg (29,000lb) |
| 19000kg (42,000lb) | |
| Tower type | Tubular steel (seven sections) |
| Weight of tower | 40000kg (90,000lb) |
| Diameter of tower foundation | 110NaN0 |