The Sampur Saga II – The insanity of adding any more Coal Power Plants
28th October 2015, www.island.lk, By Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe
(Part I of this article appeared yesterday)
The Alternatives available
While there are many renewable energy plants by the private developers have been approved and should come on line shortly, the CEB itself is planning to install 100 MW of wind power in Mannar Island which is a step in the right direction. The balance potential in Mannar alone is reported as a further 275 MW. All these would add muscle to the National Grid instead of bringing in any more coal power plants. The roof top solar installations are rapidly growing.
The Sampur Saga - II