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The Seguwantivu and Vidatamunai Wind Farms are two legally separate 
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
s built together by Seguwantivu Wind Power and Vidatamunai Wind Power, on the south-east shore of the Puttalam Lagoon
The Puttalam Lagoon is a large lagoon in the Puttalam District, western Sri Lanka.
The lagoon is fed by two rivers, namely the Kala Oya and Mi Oya, discharging at and respectively. It is linked to Mundal Lagoon to the south by a channel ...
, in Puttalam
Puttalam ( si, පුත්තලම, translit=Puttalama; ta, புத்தளம், translit=Puttaḷam) is the largest town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Puttalam is the administrative capital of the Puttalam Di ...
, Sri Lanka.
The Seguwantivu Wind Farm utilizes thirteen wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
s, while the Vidatamunai Wind Farm utilizes twelve wind turbines also of the same model, thus totalling the installed capacity to and respectively. The wind farm is approximately in length, and is diagonal from north-west to south-east, with the mainland on the north-east the Puttalam Lagoon on the south-west. The twelve northern turbines belong to Vidatamunai Wind Farm, while the thirteen southern turbines belong to Seguwantivu. The wind farms cost to construct.
The transportation of wind turbines from the Colombo Harbour
The Port of Colombo (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean. Located in Colombo, on the southwestern shores on the Kelani River, it serves as an i ...
to the wind farm site was carried out by Agility Logistics
Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P. is a publicly traded global company headquartered in Kuwait, and is a leading provider of supply chain services, innovation and investment. Agility owns and operates businesses that include the world’s ...
in late-2009. Power line
An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy across large distances. It consists of one or more uninsulated electrical cables (commonly multiples of three for three-p ...
s and telephone poles had to be permanently raised to in order to accommodate the transportation of large turbine parts from the Harbour to the construction site. The erection of each turbine required three cranes; a lattice crane with a boom, a crane, and a crane, all of which were imported. The wind farms together produces of electricity annually. A central control station, two indoor switch yards of each, , and an administration building has been built in the Mullipuram Village to support the operations of the wind farm.
See also
*Electricity in Sri Lanka
The electricity sector in Sri Lanka has a national grid which is primarily powered by hydroelectric power and thermal power, with sources such as photovoltaics and wind power in early stages of deployment. Although potential sites are being id ...
* List of power stations in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's electricity demand is currently met by nine thermal power stations, fifteen large hydroelectric power stations, and fifteen wind farms, with a smaller share from small hydro facilities and other renewables such as solar. Most hydroe ...
References
{{Electricity in Sri Lanka Wind farms in Sri Lanka Buildings and structures in Puttalam District