Green Energy: Wind Farm of 30 MW at Plaine Sophie

More than a step in the consortium Suzlon-Padgreen Co ltd, initiator of the wind farm Plaine Sophie. The licensing Environment Impact Assessment. The request has already been made to the Ministry of the Environment is currently analyzing the data.

"We have various consultations with technicians minister next month. Once we have the green light, the field will be cleared and secured in the next few weeks, until the Central Electricity Board (CEB) approved our plan, " emphasized Roshan Seeram, project engineer.

At the completion scheduled for August 2014, this farm of 14 turbines with a capacity of 2.1 MW will produce 29.4 MW of electricity. The developer hopes to provide 50 GWh of electricity annually CEB.

According Roshan Seeram, this project should help the CEB to maintain its rates at the current rate for the next year.

"We can not say if the current cost less, but our production will stabilize electricity prices for heavy oil and coal are more expensive,"says he.

The Indian company Suzlon has considerable expertise in this area important turbines by next August. This equipment can withstand hurricane winds of 252 km / h. Foreign technicians will be in Mauritius during work and during the first months of its operation to train staff.

The wind farm covers an area of 433,000 m². The turbines will be stored on a surface of 1400 m² each.

In addition, the consortium insists that at the end of the work, take responsibility for afforested forest with native and endemic plants.