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Friday November 13th, 2026
Energy

ADB calls for connected power systems as energy risks mount

“When it comes to energy security, no country can go it alone,” Kanda said

June 9, 2026 2 min read

CICT handles record 2,241-tonne battery cargo for Sri Lanka grid

June 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka extends deadline for Green Hydrogen, Ammonia proposals

Eligible projects may benefit from BoI and regulatory facilitation, including fiscal incentives, infrastructure support,

June 5, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards Rs827mn lubricating oil contracts to IOC, Chevron Lubricants

Lanka IOC PLC and Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC awarded contracts for supplying Sapugaskanda power station

June 2, 2026 1 min read
Sri Lanka’s Vidullanka submits winning bids for 18.7MW battery storage projects

Installations through Solar Universe, Sooryashakthi, DPV Solar Energy, and VidulSolar

Sri Lanka defends rooftop solar Net Plus shift

Says previous billing models unfairly forced millions of non-solar consumers to subsidise high nighttime generation cost...

Sri Lanka electricity price hike request on a depreciated rupee as oil, coal prices fall

Renewable energy investors also cannot work with the uncertainty of the flexible exchange rate

January 12, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka wants to bring generation costs below Rs25 rupees: Power Minister

As a general policy we want to buy all electricity units on a competitive basis and bring down costs

January 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka awards Murban crude deal to Singapore-based Vitol Asia

Vitol will supply for four months from April 15, 2025

January 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka hikes diesel, premium fuel from January 2026

Octane 92 petrol unchanged at 392 rupees

January 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka power utility seeks electricity tariff hike of 11.57-pct

A deficit of LKR 13,094 million has been estimated for the period from January to March 2026 requiring a tariff increase

January 2, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka awards Litro cylinder contract to Thailand-based SMPC

The procurement will see additional four types of Litro cylinders coming to market up to 2027

December 23, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s WindForce commissions 432.2kWp solar project in Maldives

Windforce will provide engineering design, procurement, and commissioning at a project cost of 321,000 US dollars.

December 19, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka will get first Geogas LPG ship on Jan 05 : Minister

Geogas sources gas from the US

December 19, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards 50MW wind plants to Vidullanka, Windforce

After international competitive tender

December 11, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka borrows US$30mn from World Bank for renewable energy

Borrowings for grid strengthening

December 10, 2025 2 min read
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Cyclones Ditwah drives 55-pct of Sri Lanka electricity consumers in to darkness

Power restored to 85-pct of customers by Dec 04

December 4, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets $100mn budget support loan on power reforms

ADB will give a 2.5 million a grant to build the capacity of un-bundled companies

December 3, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka on track to import US LP Gas

Geo Gas will supply LPG for 12 months starting from January 2026

December 3, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka WindForce subsidiary to build floating solar project

One of the first and largest floating solar development in the private sector in Sri Lanka

December 1, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s CEB asks for solar panel switch off as sun shines after cyclone

Requests rooftop solar system owners to voluntarily switch off their solar inverters today until 3:00 PM

November 30, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka power utility sells to 70-pct of customers at loss, middle class hit 317-pct of cost

The users of 190 units are being charged 300 percent of cost and extraordinary tax on the families

November 22, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka expecting joint working team from India on Trinco tanks : Minister

India has also proposed a submarine pipeline to connect Trinco with India

November 22, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call investors to build 438MW of wind power plants

Plans to tender in 2026

November 21, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka warned of solar linked grid instability early next year : Minister

Taking measures to avoid Sunny Sunday blackouts

November 21, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets 153 offers for battery storage, lowest around Rs17: Minister

The evaluation is ongoing so we cannot give an exact price

November 20, 2025 1 min read