Wind power plants in Puttalam
Priyanka KURUGALA
The first two private sector operated wind power generation plants in
Sri Lanka will be commissioned soon at Mampuri and Mullipuram in the
Puttalam district, Sustainable Energy Authority sources said.
The Mullipuram plant will produce 20 mw to the national grid with 25
turbines working while the Mampuri generator will add 20 more mw with
eight turbines.
Even though during the first eight years the consumers have to pay
for one electricity unit more than for the diesel electricity unit
because of the high cost of the turbines the rate would be reduced
later.
Within the first eight years the investors will be able to recover
the invested money, they said.
The first wind power plant in the country was built at Hambantota
which generates three mw.
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