Caparispisan Wind Farm
Caparispisan Wind Farm is a wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The wind farm was joint venture of AC Energy Holdings Incorporated, the Philippine Alliance for Infrastructure and the UPC Philippines Wind Holdco. The wind farm project amounted to $220 million.
The wind farm's groundbreaking took place in September 3, 2013 initially planned that the plant be connected to the national grid by June 2014. The wind farm was fully commissioned by the Energy Regulatory Commission on November 11, 2014 and was later inaugurated in November 19 of the same year. The wind farms has 27 individual wind turbines occupying a 625 hectare land area. AC Energy Holdings Inc. is planning to increase the wind farms capacity to 81 MW by 2015.
Residents belonging to at least 10 families living in barangays Malasin, Abaca and Dadaur of Bangui, Ilocos Norte protested the installation of a 69 km transmission line, which they claimed passes through their land, and demanded for the transmission line to be relocated.
