A partnership between Omnicane Limited (OL) and Aerowatt Mauritius, will install 22 wind turbines to produce electricity from wind power.
Jean Marc d’Unienville, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OL explained here that the each turbine with a capacity of 1megawatt watt each will be installed at Britannia, 25 km South of the capital Port Louis.
The CEO added that the electricity produced will be sufficient for the consumption of 75,000 households and that the final aim will be to produce 37.4 kilowatt of electricity yearly.
The cost of production will be around €25 cents, which is less that electricity produced by different means, said the CEO.
d’Unienville pointed out that the project has multiple advantages over other means of producing electricity as wind turbine doesn’t pollute the atmosphere.
“This type of energy has an unlimited availability contrary to oil and coal which are become rare and cause a great amount of pollution to the detriment of the health of the population,” explained the CEO.
He added that with the setting up of the project, some 44 000 tons of carbon dioxide will not be released in the atmosphere.
According to the CEO, the height of the turbines will be 101 meters and they can resist cyclonic winds of 310km/hour.
The project is in line with the policy of the government for a sustainable development and for the use of renewable energy sources, he said.
Source African Press Agency
