Mannar Wind Power Project
The Mannar Wind Power Project, with its 100 MW generation capacity is one of the largest wind energy projects in Sri Lanka. Funded by the Asian Development Bank and spearheaded by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the first phase of the project was completed following the construction of a semi -dispatchable wind farm in the Mannar District in the North West of Sri Lanka. The Wind Power Park is located in the southern part of Mannar Island from Thoddaveli across a length of about 12 km along the coast, where the first row of 33 turbines and the second row of 6 turbines are located at a distance of about 1 km off the shoreline.
The Mannar Wind Power Plant is expected to make a significant contribution towards increasing the share of clean energy in the Country’s energy mix, leading to the reduction of approximately 285,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually.