Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	0
1998	0
1999	3
2000	3
2001	3
2002	3
2003	3
2004	3
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	3
2009	3
2010	54
2011	86
2012	101
2013	101
2014	106
2015	130
2016	130
2017	130
2018	130
2019	130
2020	252
2021	252
2022	252
2023	267
2024	267
2025	267

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Mannar
Puttalam
Jaffna
Kandy
Galle
Ratnapura
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Vestas
Goldwind
Suzlon
Regen Powertech
Vensys
Gamesa
Made
Leitwind
Neg Micon
Others	0,0
Unidentified	8,7

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
V126/3450
Vensys V82
77
S88/2100
AE-59
GW155/4500
GW121/2500
LTW77-1500
G58/850
S64/1250
G97/2000
NM43/600
Others	0,0
Unidentified	8,7

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        Asia (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation Thambapavani (103,5 MW) Windscape Mannar (19,2 MW) Madurankuliya (12,0 MW) Pollupalai (12,0 MW) Vallimunai (12,0 MW) Uppudaluwa (10,5 MW) Nirmalapura (10,5 MW) Mampuri II (10,5 MW) Mampuri III (10,5 MW) Kalpitiya (10,2 MW) Hiruras (10,0 MW) Mampuri I (10,0 MW) Musalpetti (10,0 MW) Vidatamunai (6,4 MW) Seguwantivu (5,6 MW)

	Recent windfarms Windscape Mannar (19,2 MW) Hiruras (5,0 MW) Hiruras (10,0 MW) Thambapavani (103,5 MW) Pollupalai (12,0 MW) Vallimunai (12,0 MW) Madurankuliya (12,0 MW) Ambewela Aitken Spence (3,0 MW) Nirmalapura (10,5 MW) Uppudaluwa (10,5 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 4 September 2026