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Costa Rica Constructs $45 Million Wind Farm
Source: terra.com
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Building work has begun for the first wind farm in the country's "Central Valley" near Santa Ana, west of the capital, San Jose.
The wind farm is expected to become operational in August 2012, according to the national power supplier (CNFL in Spanish), a subsidiary of ICE, the state-owned electricity and telecommunications provider.
CNFL director, Marvin Céspedes, indicated that the wind farm will produce enough electricity to supply approximately 6,000 homes.
"Costa Rica already has a few smaller scale wind power projects in the north of the country but this is the first project of its size seen in the most densely populated central region," reports Terra.com.