Originally published November 4 2005
Wind could solve energy crisis in Sri Lanka
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Residents of Sri Lanka previously experiencing power cuts due to the unsustainability of current power supplies are now looking to wind for relief. Experts predict that wind around areas of Myanmar could be enough to sustain power demands.
A few years ago, while touring California I was stunned to see the wind farm at Altamont Pass near Livermore, California.
I saw hundreds of turbines turning out energy for the national grid.
It beat me as to why we in Sri Lanka, with so much of mountains blessed with ample wind power, even blowing our cars off roads; have given no thought to wind power.
I have also toured through Myanmar recently and found the country rolling in blackouts due to the lack of energy supplies like Sri Lanka.
In 2002, power cuts were 2.5 hours a day but it is reported that because in hydro power schemes the water level was at 21% of capacity, power cuts may have to be increased to as much as 6 hours a day.
The levelized cost of energy from wind turbines in 1993 was 7.5 cents per kiloWatt hour.
This is too high a cost perhaps due to construction models and methods.
It could be surmised that if there had been more wind power and turbines of a larger capacity had been installed the amount of power generated would be far more.
It is hoped that this Report will be an eye opener to the authorities in charge of Power and Energy in Sri Lanka and Myanmar to take action as appropriate.
With my experience in administering development programmes including construction work- roads, bridges,irrigation works, the largest stores in Sri Lanka, that are comparable with the largest stores anywhere in the world, I can assure that the structures required for the turbines can easily be built.
Harnessing the wind for the creation of electricity in Sri Lanka is not only feasible, but achieving a target of 400MW can easily be done within a year at a fraction of the cost of installing coal fired plants..
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