Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe, former President of Bio Energy Association of Sri Lanka discusses bio energy from gliricidia, energy independence, and opportunities and roadblocks.
www.fao.org, 17th November 2017 Promoting Sustainable Biomass Production and Modern Bio-Energy Technologies The first formal biomass energy terminal of Sri Lanka was inaugurated in Homagama, Colombo on 08 November 2017 by the Hon. Ajith P. Perera, Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy. By 2017, this joint UNDP-FAO project has helped the […]
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) and their Country Coordinator for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Nelson Nagasinghe, launched their Roadshow to promote the launch of the Project Development and Financing Initiative for Climate & Clean Energy in Asia on 16th June 2017 at the Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo-07 with the participation of a representative gathering. […]
www.pucsl.gov.lk, 01st June 2017 Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, recently opened the path for public to comment on the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) 2018-2037, prepared by State Utility, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). The LCLTGEP, has been compiled based on the results of […]
www.pv-tech.org, 24th May 2017, By Tom Kenning Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved plans to build a hybrid renewable energy park including 240MW of wind and 800MW of solar at Punarin. The approval is in line with the government’s plans to add significant amounts of new electricity capacity via renewable energy […]
It is hoped that Sri Lanka would wake up to the reality, much sooner than later, that roof top solar energy constitutes the short term solution to overcome the current energy shortage rather than resorting to the dependence on economically and environmentally disastrous oil based power generation that is raising its head once more under […]
A joint venture with Sri Lanka’s Mahaweli Authority A battery backed “dispatchable” solar farm can be paid a capacity charge like a thermal plant Batteries can also be used for frequency regulation and grid stabilization www.economynext.com. 17th March 2017 Sri Lanka is planning to call bids for a 100 MegaWatt floating solar farm with […]
CEB wants to lift non-conventional renewable energy to 17-pct by 2019. www.lankabusinessonline.com, 07th March 2017 Sri Lanka’s state owned Ceylon Electricity Board has set a target to increase electricity generation from non conventional renewable resources from the current 10 percent to 17 percent by the end of 2019. Increasing Non Conventional Renewable […]
dailynews.lk, 14th February 2017, By Sajni De Silva Fifty percent of the country’s energy consumption could be met using bio mass energy without polluting the environment, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He made these remarks at the opening of a Giliricidia cultivation project in Eppawala and the foundation stone […]
Sri Lanka needs to fill a void of 400 MW of power within next two years – Keerthi Wickramaratne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. dailynews.lk, 05th October 2016, By Shirajiv Sirimanne With the Sampur Coal Power Plant project not coming in to effect, Sri Lanka would urgently have to fill in a […]
