The Bangui WindmillsLOOK AT THE BANGUI WINDMILLS Ilocos Norte Province tends to have more wind than many other provinces due to its location between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. They get regular and fresh North Westerly winds that make it a great location for wind energy generation. The location of the Philippines near the Asia-Pacific monsoon belt makes it an ideal and economically viable place for wind turbines installation
ABOUT THE WINDMILLS The wind farm project was started with an aid grant of $48 million dollars from the by the Danish Government to Ilocos Norte Province in 1998. Initially this was for 19 very large turbines spaced 236 meters apart and currently this is expanding to 49. Current electrical power production is around 25 megawatts and contributes nearly 40% of the provinces electrical power
MORE ABOUT THE WINDMILLS The wind farm is recognized as the largest in Southeast Asia and sells power Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC). The expected life span of the wind generation equipment is 21 years. The Northwind Bangui Bay Project estimates that 56,788 tons of CO2e (tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) of greenhouse gases will be reduced per year for the duration of the project activity. That’s 1.2 million tons of CO2! This gives Ilocos Norte when combined with hydro-electric power generation, one of the lowest carbon emission footprints in Asia and certainly within developed or developing countries. The towers are an impressive 60 meters high and are located just 10 meters from the sea edge. Each wind turbine is capable of producing electricity up to a maximum capacity of 1.65MW.
ALL ABOUT THE WINDMILLS The turbines have three vertically oriented rotor blades on top of a 50 metre high tubular tower. The nacelle (or casing), which encloses the generator, the gear box and the yaw mechanism (which turns the blades into the wind), is at the rear of the rotor blades. Each wind turbine has a 6-meter diameter base.
VISIT THE BANGUI WINDMILLS You can also visit and look at the windmills and have a cold drink or hot coffee at the café there and be hypnotized as the graceful blades slowly rotate.
STAYING IN BANGUI? There a couple of places to stay locally and these are recommended VILLA FERNANDO BEACH RESORT Location Poblacion, Bangui and this resort has 9 guest rooms Telephone +63 77-764-3079 PAGTARUSAN LODGE L Location Brgy. Gavida Street, Brgy. San LorenzoBangui, Ilocos Norte Cellphone +63 9198011628; +63 9196954502 Email pagtarusan@hotmail.com Owner/Manager MR. BAYANI FLORES
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