Wind Power to Reach S. Khorasan in Fall

Construction of the Sarbisheh Wind Power Plant in Doreh rural district in South Khorasan Province is to be completed by fall, head of the renewable energy department of the provincial power company said. 
“Work is 50% complete and of the total 20 wind turbines 10 have been installed and the rest have arrived or are being transported to the site,” Mohammad Ali Zamen was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The 50-megawatt wind farm being built by Mapna, Iran's top engineering and energy enterprise, will have 20 turbines of 2.5 MW each and a permanent magnet direct-drive system. It is being built over 22 hectares and is estimated to cost $100 million.