Barbados’ first commercial wind energy farm will be in full swing in a matter of weeks.Pavana Energy Ltd., the first company to be granted a licence to erect wind turbines here, is putting the final touches on the one-megawatt wind farm located on approximately 10 acres at Ashford Dairy Farm in Guinea, St John, according to Chief Executive Officer Donnie Prescott.The project consists of four 250-kilowatt Vergnet wind turbines and is expected to produce enough electricity that could power in excess of 1,200 households.Prescott gave Barbados TODAY insight into the progress of the project that has been in planning for close to a decade but began around mid-March last year.
Article by Maria Bradshaw
Construction is under way at Ashford Plantation, St John, for the erection of four wind turbines, the first of their kind in Barbados, by Pavana Energy Limited. (Picture by Maria Bradshaw.) Social Share
Electricity in Barbados could be up and running the very next day after a storm with wind turbine energy.
So said developers of Pavana Energy Limited, the first company to be granted a licence to erect wind turbines here.
Pavana, in collaboration with Ashford Dairy Farm, is presently in the process of erecting four wind turbines at Ashford Plantation, St John.
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