Hambantota Wind Farm

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 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.

The wind farm cost approximately  to build, of which 34% were local funds and 66% were foreign funds. 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.

See also 

 List of power stations in Sri Lanka

References 

Category:Wind farms in Sri Lanka
Category:Buildings and structures in Hambantota