Bangui Wind Farm: Monster Windmills of the North
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| Ilocos' Pride: Bangui Wind Farm |
We had a chance to visit the Bangui, Ilocos Norte Wind farm last month. The view of the gigantic wind mills lining up the shoreline is just amazing.
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| Windmills along the shoreline |
Along the 9 kilometer beach are 20 Vestas wind turbines facing the South China Sea. Each turbine is 70 meters tall with blades that are 41 meters in length that can generate 1.65MW of power. That’s a massive 33MW power capacity of the entire farm that equates to 40% of Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) power requirement.
The wind farm has been in operation since 2005 and it was built by Northwind Power Development Corporation at a cost of $50 million. The first phase of the project consists of 15 with turbines.
Additional 5 turbines were added during phase two that was completed on August 2008. Another interesting fact is that this project was the first large-scale wind power plant in South-East Asia.
The wind farm in Ilocos Norte only proves that our country has great potential on renewable energy projects. The site also attracts a lot of tourist because of its magnificent view.
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| Bangui Wind generators |
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