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Figure 7.40 Good quality has a long life: Drive train and other parts of the
150 kW Folkecenter-designed Vind-Syssel from 1986 got a
new term in Sri Lanka in 2012. Russel de Zilva, director of
Vallibel, decided to have local production windmills using
updated Folkecenter design of wind turbines. First, three
second-hand 150
kW windmills were installed, followed by
four windmills in 2012 which were made in Sri Lanka. Thirty
additional
will be manufactured for the Sri Lanka project.
Later, 500 kW and 1500 kW types are planned for local
production in Sri Lanka.
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