Omnicane Limited (OL) and Aerowatt Mauritius are teaming up in a Rs2.1 billion scheme to install 22 wind turbines at Britannia, in the south of the island, to produce electricity. Omnicane completed a “wind measure” survey at the site in March this year. The wind turbines will be situated at least 500 metres from residential areas and sugar cane fields. Extra care will also be taken not to disturb nests of rare birds. The ministry, Omnicane and the Central Electricity Board (CEB) now have to sit together and devise a workable and acceptable agreement to all. According to information gathered by NEWSNOW, the windmills will be ordered only after a formal contract is signed between the interested parties, that is the ministry, Omnicane and the CEB. The electricity produced, the project manager confirmed, will be sufficient for the consumption of 75,000 households (6% of the population) and that the final aim will be to produce 37.4 million KWh of electricity annually.
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