The project is a result of the research collaboration since 2017 between the University of Jaffna and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Sri Lanka’s first-ever floating solar plant with a capacity of 42KW located at the Kilinochchi campus of the Jaffna University, was opened recently, a statement from the Norwegian embassy said. […]
Powering Sri Lanka through renewables: The floating solar opportunity
January is here; the season CEB talks up power shortages to ask for emergency power, with a fresh push to get more coal power projects approved. The grid has not improved since last year we saw this drama, apart from rooftop solar additions – which too has slowed due to the uncertainty created by the […]
Sri Lanka plans to reach 100-pct renewable energy by 2050
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka will obtain 100 percent of the country’s electricity need through renewable energy by 2050, Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. “We will work to power Sri Lanka with 100 percent renewable energy by 2050,” Amaraweera said at the Sustainable Energy Authority’s National Energy and Innovation Summit 2019 held in Colombo. Amaraweera […]
Sri Lanka to launch green projects to protect ecosystem
Sri Lanka’s new interim government will launch green projects in the island country as part of a mega beautification programme to maintain the ecosystem, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said on Thursday. With Sri Lanka being ranked the second-worst country affected by climate change by the Global Climate Risk Index 2019, Namal said that it needed to […]
India Offers Sri Lanka $400 Million to Develop Infrastructure
India today offered Sri Lanka a new $400 million line of credit to fund infrastructure projects in the neighboring nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. The line of credit is in addition to another $50 million offered by India to help Sri Lanka strengthen security against terrorist attacks, Modi announced after meeting President Gotabaya […]
Sri Lanka’s CEB to buy from small solar power at Rs14.24 a unit
ECONOMYNEXT: Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is to purchase power from a small solar power plant at 14.24 rupees a unit, under own operate (BOO) basis. The cabinet of ministers had approved the purchase of power from a plant build by Gold Corporation Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, under Sri Lanka’s ‘Soorya Bala Sangramaya II” or […]
Sri Lanka’s Laugfs plans two 10MW floating solar power plants
ECONOMYNEXT : Sri Lanka’s Laugfs Gas group has sought approval through its power subsidiary to set up two floating solar energy plants as it seeks to expand and diversify its generation capacity. Laugfs Power Limited (LPL), which is to be listed on the Colombo stock exchange, has a long-term strategy to achieve an overall generating […]
Supply of Solar PV Testing Facility at Hambantota Solar Energy Park in Sri Lanka
Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Operation of Solar PV Testing Facility at Hambantota Solar Energy Park in Sri Lanka For more information please see below link:
Sri Lanka Issues Bids for 10 MW of Solar Projects with Energy Storage at Hambantota Solar Energy Park
Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Operation of Solar PV Testing Facility at Hambantota Solar Energy Park in Sri Lanka For more information please see below link:
Sri Lanka’s 90% Coral Reefs Dead Due to Pollution.
By saving the remaining live corals, they would stay alive for decades which would help Sri Lanka attract more tourists Sri Lanka’s state-owned Marine Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday warned that the country only had 10 per cent of live coral reefs in its oceans as 90 per cent had died due to pollution, illegal […]