Madurankuliya Wind Farm

Madurankuliya Wind Farm
Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Puttalam
Coordinates	8°01′N 79°44′E
Status	Operational
Commission date	March 2012
Owner	Akbar Brothers
Operator	Daily Life Renewable Energy
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Rated wind speed	12.5 m/s (41 ft/s)
Power generation
Units operational	8 × 1.5 MW
Make and model	ReGen Vensys 82 (8)
Nameplate capacity	12 MW
External links
Commons	Related 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). The wind farm experiences air densities of 1.158 kg/m³ (0.072 lb/cu ft).

Turbine locations

Turbine	Coordinates
Turbine 1	08°00′46″N 79°43′37″E
Turbine 2	08°00′51″N 79°43′35″E
Turbine 3	08°01′24″N 79°43′26″E
Turbine 4	08°01′31″N 79°43′22″E
Turbine 5	08°01′39″N 79°43′20″E
Turbine 6	08°01′47″N 79°43′17″E
Turbine 7	08°01′53″N 79°43′17″E
Turbine 8	08°01′47″N 79°43′06″E

A turbine at the wind farm site, in July 2013.

See also

• Electricity in Sri Lanka
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

External links

• "Project Information - Daily Life Kalpitiya Wind Farm". World Bank. Retrieved 20 February 2015.