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This is a list of the onshore wind farms that are larger than 250 MW in current nameplate capacity. Many of these wind farms have been built in stages, and construction of a further stage may be continuing at some of these sites. The Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world, with a target capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020.
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Wind farm Location Coordinates Turbine model Power per turbine No. of Turbines Total Nameplate capacity (MW) Commission date Developer Operator Owner Notes Mile-7 wind turbine: Walvis Bay: Wind World W-2500 0.22 1 0.22 2005 Erongo RED Experimental wind turbine, damaged by theft and lack of maintenance [14] [15]
The Zorlu Energy Putin Power Plant is the first wind power plant in Pakistan. The wind farm is being developed in Jhimpir, by Zorlu Energy Pakistan the local subsidiary of a Turkish company. The total cost of the project is $136 million.[3] Completed in 2012, it has a total capacity of around 56MW.
Wind Farm 2 consists of 15 Enercon E70/2000 turbines each with 70 m (230 ft) diameter rotors generating 2 MW power. Total installed power is 30.0 MW. Operated by Doruk company. Wind Farm Atçılar consists of 36 turbines of type Nordex. Total installed power is 90.0 MW. In service since April 2010, the field is operated by Yapısan company. [3]
The Russian Wind Energy Association predicts that if Russia achieves its goal of having 4.5% of its energy come from renewable sources by 2020, the country will have a total wind capacity of 7 GW. [35] In 2010, plans for the construction of a wind power plant in Yeisk, on the Sea of Azov, were announced. It is expected to initially have a ...
The transportation of wind turbines from the Colombo Harbour to the wind farm site was carried out by Agility Logistics in late-2009. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Power lines and telephone poles had to be permanently raised to 19 ft (5.8 m) in order to accommodate the transportation of large turbine parts from the Harbour to the construction site.
The first phase, consisting of 88 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 79.2 MW manufactured by Enercon, cost €100 million, and was commissioned in December 2010. Each of the E-44 type turbines with 44 m (144 ft) rotor diameter at 55 m (180 ft) hub height generates 900 KW power. 50 of the wind turbines are atop of steel towers ...