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Thursday, March 1, 2012


The 70-meters Bangui Windmills are located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines facing South China Sea and arranged in a single row spaced approximately 326 meters apart. The windmills (NorthWind Bangui Bay Project) were a project by the NorthWind Development Corporation as a practice renewable energy sources and to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and started with an aid grant of $48 million dollars from the by the Danish Government to Ilocos Norte Province in 1998.

The project is the first power plant (“Wind Farm”) in the Philippines and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.

It is a 24.75 M power generation plant consisting of 15 units Vestas NM82 wind turbines rated at 1.65 MW each. Current electrical power production is around 25 megawatts and contributes nearly 40% of the provinces electrical power.

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5 comments:

  1. emmanuelmateoMarch 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Maganda talaga dito sa Ilocos..gusto niyo i tour ko kayo sa Bangui?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    the magnificent work of man...

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  3. Proudly Philippine MadeDecember 10, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    I am just paying back your visit to my blog. When you commented there, it leads a link here. Thank you!

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  4. Blaine OJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:46 PM

    I think our government must consider more of utilizing energy in a more convenient and environment-friendly way. :)

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  5. wonders of philippine architecturesFebruary 3, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    Windmills. It's more fun in the Philippines.

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