Bangui Wind Farm

Bangui Wind farm
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CountryPhilippines
LocationBangui, Ilocos Norte
Coordinates18°31′40″N 120°42′50″E / 18.52778°N 120.71389°E / 18.52778; 120.71389
StatusOperational
Commission dateJune 20, 2005
OwnersAyala Corporation
through AC Energy
(67.79% ownership as of 2017)
OperatorNorthWind Power Development Corp.
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height70 m (230 ft)
Power generation
Units operational20 X 1.65 MW
Make and modelVestas: V82
Nameplate capacity33 MW
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The Bangui Wind Farm is a wind farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The wind farm uses 20 units of 70-meter (230 ft) high Vestas V82 1.65 MW wind turbines, arranged in a single row stretching along a 9-kilometer (5.6 mi) shoreline of Bangui Bay, facing the South China Sea.

Phase I of the NorthWind power project in Bangui Bay consisted of 15 of those wind turbines, each with a maximum production capacity of 1.65 MW of electric power, making a total of 24.75 MW. These 15 on-shore turbines are spaced 326 meters (1,070 ft) apart, each 70 meters (230 ft) high, with 41 meters (135 ft) long blades, with a rotor diameter of 82 meters (269 ft) and a wind swept area of 5,281 square meters (56,840 sq ft).

Phase II was completed in August 2008, and added five more of the same wind turbines, bringing the total maximum capacity to 33 MW.

Ayala Corporation energy platform AC Energy, which already holds the controlling shares in Bangui Wind Farm as of 2021, has announced its intent to acquire 100% of the shares of NorthWind[1] in order to boost their renewable energy portfolio,[2] pending approvals from oversight entities like the Philippine Competition Commission.[3]

  1. ^ Lectura, Lenie (October 20, 2021). "AC Energy beefs up RE portfolio". Business Mirror. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Lectura, Lenie (October 21, 2021). "Ayala aims for net-zero emissions by 2050". BusinessMirror. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Yang, Angelica Y. (October 20, 2021). "AC Energy to take control of three Ilocos wind farms". Business World. Retrieved October 23, 2021.