It was still raining heavily on our second day in Ilocos Norte. We are headed for the northern towns of the province.
The rain made the travel comfortable due to the cold, refreshing air. The rain poured from drizzle to torrent and vice versa.
Bangui Wind Farm
Our first official stop is the Bangui Wind Farm.
The Bangui Bay Wind Power Project (aptly called as “Bangui Wind Farm”) is the first commercial wind farm in Southeast Asia. Built by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation to take its share in reducing the emission of harmful greenhouse gases, the windmills provide 33MW of electrical power or 70% of Ilocos Norte’s power consumption.
When it was inaugurated on June 18, 2005 it consisted of 15 wind turbines spaced 236 meters apart on-shore. Now, there are 20 wind turbines lined up along Bangui Bay.
The turbines’ hub height (ground level to center of nacelle – that part holding the blades) is 70 meters high (roughly equivalent to a 23 storey building).
Each blade is 41 meters long.
Each wind turbine has a 6-meter diameter base.
I was in awe when I saw these structures. I was held by that feeling of amazement and wonder that I haven’t noticed the number of shots I made. I eventually used 72 frames of film. The boring, overcast sky did not impede me from taking shots at different angles.
What amazed me basically was the size of these structures. The photographs I have seen have not provided enough scale. So these two pictures will tell you how gigantic these structures are compared to men…
We stayed for more than an hour in this place. What forced us to leave was the torrential downpour.
To be continued…
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In case you want to have a tour of Ilocos, and you’ll be staying in Laoag, you may get in touch with Mang Lito, the man who offered to tour us around. His service is significantly low compared to arranged tours or packaged tours being offered by the hotels in Laoag. He may be contacted through his mobile phone: 09273387969.
I will not promote the hotel we stayed in. Although they had reasonably low room rates, good food and courteous staff, their water supply is not good – it’s yellow. Their room rates are also a bit tricky, as this caused a slight argument when we checked out
i too am surprised to see them Mark, I think it is more beautiful over there since it is right by the ocean
here, our windmill farms are by the desert, coz our desert has the most wind and also just very consistently windy. love your shots, especially the 2nd one.
Hi Mark!
Amazing photos! Very witty blogs too! Wow, Wow and Wow!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Regards and God bless!
-Gingging-
impressive ang mga photos. galing! all thumbs up ako!
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Ano ba kuya Blu, hehe. matagal na tayong meron niyan!
wala na, inggit na talga ako.! Hahaha. Hays, pupunta rin ako jan, haha.
as usual.. magaganda mga kuha
medyo mahal nga lang ito pero laking bagay ng naitutulong nito sa Ilocos at nakakatulong na rin sa environment.. sana sa ibang parte ng ‘pinas malagyan din!
uy, sana matuloy at ‘wag naman sanang mapunta ang budget sa kung kaninong bulsa..hehehe
Sana nga Sandi, sana nga…
hm, hindi kaya nakasabay mo yung mga high school classmate ko nung pumunta sila dyan? hehe. nung June 12-14 sila nandyan!
ah, hm. akala ko nagkasabay kayo! hehe.
mark ang ganda….lalo na yung second pic lalo na siguro kung blue sky yan no?
Na-amaze ako sa last picture. The people look like dwarves with the towering height of the turbines.
I think that the overcast skies made the photos more impressive.We have a windfarm here in No. Illinois…I love to drive by it. It seems that so many people don’t want these in their area…I can’t see why. We need to change our ideas of energy to save our precious planet.
Marky, the pictures are beautiful! You make me want to go there too. Good job, Mark, and keep it up!
weird. but i always dream of windmills. bisaya ka?
Kapatid, thank you for this photo treat. I’ve never been to Bangui. This is really an engineering feat…The more i stare at those windmills, the more it occurs to me they are like conscious living beings, silent yet powerful…
With our comments kapatid, i feel like we’re no different from Don Quixote hehe except that that we see those windmills as giants that harness nature’s power and not to be slain:
“Look at them better, master,” said Sancho.”Those are not giants; they are windmills. The things which you call arms are sails, and they flop around when the wind blows.”
anlalaking, baka higupin ako nyan…
alam mo bossing, gusto ko talaga makita iyan. nakaka curious sa laki kasi at balita ko ang laki daw ng naitutulong nyan. para tuloy gusto ko malaman ang specs at design nya hehe.
i like the 2nd and last foto
congratz tama yung sagot mo sa blu eye!…basahin mo ang hindi ako si blu eye!
kakainggit. *sniff sniff*
hehehe..
maghintay ka lang ilocos at darating din ako jan.
kailan kaya ako makakapunta rito and the rest of ilocs.. sigh!!!!
nyaaaa! wala ko kabalo nga pwerti kadaku gale kung wala ko nakita ang last picture nga may tao. haha!
galing ang ganda talaga ng netherlands.. hanep sa windmill!!
heeheh Meron ding gnyan sa Ilocos
Kapatid, hindi ka kaya nawawala? Hehehe… Sa Ilocos nga ito…
psssst.. nakita mo ba dyan si peter pan at tinkerbell?
Umalis sila pagdating namin kapatid… Natakot… Hehehe…
mukhang naligaw na yung napunta ng europe..di na bumalik eh…hahaha
jason- peace!
Mark.nice shots. why are the windmills not turning? guba na guro.