The much awaited draft electricity act designed to permit the restructuring of the electricity sector has received the approval of the Cabinet. To what extent the rest of the members of the Cabinet studied the content and the impact of the proposals made by the Minister of Power and Energy will be a question […]
It is time Sri Lankans took time to consider in depth, the impact of energy on their day to day life and the national economy, as well as the sources of such energy, instead of leaving such matters entirely to the officials and the politicians to make all the decisions and later lament […]
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/A-tribute-to-a-Genius-and-a-True-Sri-Lankan-Vidya-Jyothi-Dr-Ray-Wijewardene-Sri-Lankas-Da-Vinci/131-194012 It is ten years since we lost our beloved and revered guru Deshamanya ,VidayaJothi Eng. Dr. Ray Wijewardene. But memories of my association with him over many years is as green as ever. Needless to say that his presence now, when we are at last talking about a revival of the fortunes […]
February 2020, By Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe It is that kind of time again. I used this phrase as far back as 2012 in an article titled “ Are you ready for the next blackout ? ” However, for Sri Lanka history repeats itself by lamenting on shortage of power and fear of power cuts, […]
By Mahinda Panapitiya There are three basic problems that hinder sustainable development in Sri Lanka. The first problem is the problem of water shortages. From a Sri Lankan standpoint, reason for the primary problem of water shortages is because 60%-80% of rain water is washed off into the ocean, along with sediments and nutrients, […]
By Mahinda Panapitiya Due to recent climatic changes taking place at global level, world is now heading for a disaster environmentally, unless some kind of a middle path is adapted in economic planning of future development projects. How to define a middle path in relation to economic development is a research need. Conventional Middle […]
20th March 2020, By Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe The wartime Prime Minister of UK, Winston Churchill, once said “Never let any crisis be wasted”. One may add the more familiar saying ”Behind every crisis lies an opportunity”. When I commenced drafting this article, I had the issue of the drop in world oil industry in […]
www.ft.lk, 30th January 2020, By Tudor Wijenayake The entire world is moving towards renewable energy. Wind power projects developed since 2010 were stopped in 2014 claiming corruption. If an acceptable system was established, the private sector would have installed over 1,000 MW of wind power projects by now, completely eliminating the power crisis. […]
January 2020, Compiled by Dr Vidhura Ralapanawa, Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe and Mr Hemantha Withanage Targets are achievable – Let’s bridge the gap! The Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour, the policy manifesto of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksha and SLPP states the following with respect to energy (Chapter 7 page 58) :- We also […]
a Paper presented by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe at IESL (Institute of Engineers), Vidya Mawatha, Wijerama Road, Colombo 07 on 18th October 2019. The independence of our energy sources is an urgent national imperative. “Sri Lanka Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge Based Economy 2015-2025” was published by the Ministry of Power and Renewable […]
