Press Conference and Panel Discussion on Energy Crisis and Renewable Energy Option (විදුලි අර්බුදය සහ පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති පිළියම් මාධ්‍ය හමුව)
Let’s Bridge the Gap ! පරතරය පියවමු !
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති ප්‍රභවයන් තිරසාය හා ඵලදායි ලෙස රටේ ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට දායක කිරීම පිලිබඳ මාධ්‍යා හමුව සහ සංවාද සභාව, පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති සංගම් එකමුතුව විසින් 2017 පෙබරවාරි 23 දින ශ්‍රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේදී පවත්වන ලදී.
Press Conference and Panel Discussion on Energy Crisis and Renewable Energy Option – organized by the Coalition of Renewable Energy Associations – held on 21st February 2017 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.
As stake holders of the renewable energy industry, it is our bounden duty to place before the policy makers and the general public our views and suggestions for a sustainable energy security especially in view of the looming power crisis.
Most of the countries are shutting down their coal, oil and even nuclear power plants and look towards sustainable and green energy to fulfill their needs in multiple sectors such as electricity generation, transport, heating & cooling and other industrial use. Sadly, Sri Lanka, in spite of the enormous potential for clean energy mother nature’s bounty has made available to her, continues to embrace polluting coal and oil.
This press conference was therefore geared towards holding an effective dialog on prevailing energy crisis in our country and renewable energy options available to us in the context of electricity generation to meet long term generation action plan rather than implementing ad hoc solutions promoting thermal generation that contributes to worst effects of climate change and global warming. It goes without saying that the public is asked to bear the economic burden of the irresponsible exercise where enormous amounts of foreign exchange is spent on thermal generation (oil and coal), which could be retained within the local economy and help sustain local renewable energy industry.
Some of the salient points taken up at the event were: addressing the arguments put forward against the effective use of renewable energy, policy and institutional gap in utilising renewable energy resources, and renewable energy options to address the immediate issues we are facing.
Panel Discussion Resource Team:
Mr. J. D. K. Wickramaratne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority
Mr. Parakrama Jayasighe, Past President of Bio Energy Association of Sri Lanka
Mr. Asoka Abeygunawardana, Chairman, Strategic Enterprise Management Agency
Representing Organisations:
Bio Energy Association of Sri Lanka
Small Hydro Power Developers Association
Wind Developers Association
Solar Developers Association
Renewable Energy Producers Association
Organising Team:
Mr. P. R. Wijewardena (Convener) – 0718 067 381
Mr. Nelson Nangasighe
Mr. Aruna Kadurupokuna
Mr. Gamini Perera
Mr. Mahinda Thennakoon
Let’s Bridge the Gap ! පරතරය පියවමු !
Let’s bridge the gap between government energy policy and its implementation.
රජයේ බලශක්ති ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සහ එය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම අතර ඇති පරතරය පියවමු.
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Let’s bridge the gap between government energy policy and itsimplementation.
රජයේ බලශක්ති ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සහ එය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම අතර ඇති පරතරය පියවමු.