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Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm

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The Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm is a small wind farm in Ambewela, owned and operated by Ace Wind Power, a subsidiary of Aitken Spence. As of October 2012, it is one of the only few operating multi-megawatt wind farms in Sri Lanka. The wind farm consists of 12 wind turbines of 250 KW each, totalling the plant installed capacity to 3 megawatts. The wind turbines are of type HSW 250T, originally built 1992.[1][2]

Ten of the 12 wind turbines at Ambewela.
Winder power system in Ambewela, Nuwara Eliya
Ambewela wind farm and cows from Ambewela dairy farm.
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Location
Coordinates6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E
StatusOperational
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Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
The twelve turbines of the wind farm.
Country
Location
Coordinates6°50′36″N 80°48′47″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • February 2012
Owner
Operator
  • Ace Wind Power
Wind farm
Type
Power generation
Units operational12 × 0.25 MW
Make and modelUnknown (12)
Nameplate capacity
  • 3 MW
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