Using satellite mapping, the United States'' National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied Sri Lanka and the Maldives in detail in early 2000''s. This study estimated Sri Lanka''s onshore (land-based) wind power potential is about 20,735 MW in a landmark publication in 2003.
Today''s new wind power projects have turbine capacities of about 2 MW onshore and 3 - 5 MW offshore. Commercially available wind turbines have reached 8 MW capacity, with rotor diameters of up to 164 metres.
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Sri Lanka has considerable available land with wind resource potential sufficient for development; however, the near-term potential wind power capacity expansion is limited by the electricity transmission infrastructure.
Setting a new standard in Sri Lanka''s renewable energy sector, the project will include the integration of a BESS with the Solar plant. This pioneering move will mark the first time such advanced energy storage technology is utilized in the country.
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The proposed solution of converting existing hydro power plants into pumped hydro-wind-solar PV hybrid systems has the potential to address Sri Lanka''s capacity adequacy and economic efficiency challenges while maintaining grid stability.
Using satellite mapping, the United States’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) studied Sri Lanka and the Maldives in detail in early 2000’s. This study estimated Sri Lanka’s onshore (land-based) wind power potential is about 20,735 MW in a landmark publication in 2003.
An all island Wind Energy Resource Atlas of Sri Lanka was developed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of USA in 2003, indicates nearly 5,000 km 2 of windy areas with good-to-excellent wind resource potential in Sri Lanka. About 4,100 km 2 of the total windy area is on land and about 700 km 2 is in lagoons.
Wind farm development may be difficult to permit on the remaining land due to the proximity to park and reserve land. Sri Lanka’s only utility-scale wind power project, a 3-MW pilot project, is located near Hambantota although several kilometers inland from the southeast coast.
Sri Lanka’s only utility-scale wind power project, a 3-MW pilot project, is located near Hambantota although several kilometers inland from the southeast coast. The site chosen is different from the sites analyzed in CEB feasibility study in order to distance the project from national park and reserve land.
It has been identified that Sri Lanka has good conditions for offshore wind and its potential is estimated to be 56,000MW (referred to as 56GW-Giga Watts). In the NREL report the North-western, Northern, and Central provinces have been identified as the best areas for wind energy harvesting, in their classifications.
About 4,100 km 2 of the total windy area is on land and about 700 km 2 is in lagoons. The windy land represents about 6% of the total land area (65,600 km 2) of Sri Lanka. Using a conservative assumption of 5 MW per km 2, this windy land could support almost 20,000 MW of potential installed capacity.
