Biggest Wind Turbines Installed For Electricity Generating

[Jai Dee]

Biggest wind turbines installed for electricity generating

The Ministry of Energy installs the biggest wind turbines with the capacity of 1,750 kilowatts to generate electricity. The turbines are expected to reduce oil domestic consumption of more than 200 tonnes a year.

Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptaphan (พูนภิรมย์ ลิปตพัลลภ) visits to Nakhon Si Thamamarat province to lay a foundation stone of the installation of wind turbines at the Hua Sai (หัวไทร) district. The wind turbines are parts of the government’s wind electricity generating demonstration project.

Mrs Poonpirom says the ministry has set a target to generate 115 megawatts of wind electricity in 2011 and it will expedite the development of wind electricity. In addition, the ministry plans to increase the country’s consumption of alternative energies from 0.5% to 0.8% in the same year.

Two wind turbines will be installed in Nakhon Si Thammarat and the installation is expected to be completed soon. Two more wind turbines with the capacity of 1,750 megawatts will also be constructed at the Laem Ta Chi (แหลมตาชี) district in Pattani province.

3.4 million units of electricity will be produced from the four turbines each year. They can substitute 290 tonnes of crude oil, make the country save 6.8 million baht, and reduce green house gas by about 1,000 tonnes a year.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 04 April 2008