RP develops region's first wind farm<\/p>\n
MANILA: Southeast Asia's first power-generating windfarm is
\nnow being built in the northern Philippines and should start
\noperations in December, the head of the company behind the
\nproject said Monday.<\/p>\n
Construction began last week on a 38-million-dollar power
\nplant using 15 wind turbines. The wind farm lies on a four-
\nkilometer (2.5-mile) stretch of shoreline facing Bangui Bay on
\nthe northwest tip of the main island of Luzon, said Niels
\nJacobsen, president of Northwind Power Development Corp.<\/p>\n
The 25-megawatt wind farm, the first in Southeast Asia, should
\nbegin operations by December said Jacobsen.<\/p>\n
Dutch firm Vestas Wind Systems will be providing the wind
\nturbines.<\/p>\n
The project is funded by a 29-million-dollar soft loan from
\nthe Danish International Development Agency, while Northwind is
\nproviding an additional nine million dollars.<\/p>\n
Environmentalists have hailed the project for providing an
\nalternative power source in the Philippines which relies mainly
\non imported fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
\"There's a need for clean energy and it is a good opportunity
\nto start in the Philippines,\" Jacobsen said.--AFP<\/p>",
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