The Bangui Wind Farm is the first of its kind in the Philippines. Its twenty turbines are arranged in a single row along a nine-kilometer stretch of shoreline in the town of Bangui in the province of Ilocos Norte, which is at the northwestern-most tip of the big island of Luzon.
It has become such a popular tourist destination since its completion in 2008 that several bamboo and nipa huts offering refreshments, souvenirs (bamboo windmills, anyone?), and much-needed shade, have been erected on the beach where the dirt roads leading to the windmills end.
5 comments:
Lovely composition of the beach and sky, Hilda. I would guess this wind farm is only the precursor of more to come?
Wow, who would have thought this would be a tourist attraction? Nice pictures though.
Wind farms as a tourist "attraction" - most folk here think they discourage tourists.
Goodness I've never seen wind turbines that close to the sea before.
thank you for this example of a successful and welcomed windfarm.
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