Central America’S Largest Wind Farm Comes Online

Gamesa and Iberdrola Renewables have brought the
. . . 102-MW Cerro de Hula wind farm in Honduras online,
. . . will boost Honduran electricity generation capacity by 10%.

With a $200-million investment, it took just over one year to build,
. . . a total of 51 Gamesa G87 2-MW wind turbines are now up and running,
. . . Honduras’ state-owned grid operator Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica
. . . . . . will take up and distribute Cerro de Hula’s electricity output
. . . . . . under the terms of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

Holland has a lot of windmills, both old and new.

• There is evidence that wind energy was used to propel boats along the Nile as early as 5000BC.
  
• The earliest known windmills were in Persia (Iran) and looked like large paddle wheels.
  
• In 200BC people in China and the Middle East used windmills to pump water and grind grain
  
• The largest wind turbine in the world is in Hawaii. It stands 20 storeys high and has rotors the length of a football field.
  
• The UK is the windiest country in Europe.
  
• Wind is the fastest growing energy source worldwide.
  
• An average wind speed of 14mph is required to convert wind energy into electricity.

Source: cleantechnica