The
three
10MW
wind
farms
–
owned
by
local
companies
Nirmalapura
Wind
Power,
Daily
Life
Renewable
and
PowerGen
Lanka
–
are
part
of
a
plan
to
install
400MW
of
wind
capacity
by
2020,
says
a
ministry
spokesman.
The
plants,
in
Puttalam
district
in
northwestern
Kaplitiya,
cost
a
total
of
7.2bn
rupees
($54.6m)
to
develop,
the
spokesman
adds.
They
will
sell
their
power
to
the
state-run
Sri
Lanka
Central
Electricity
Board.
The
country
is
hoping
to
generate
15%
of
its
electricity
needs
from
renewable
sources
by
2015
and
20%
by
2020.
With
hydropower
generation
at
very…
