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Sri Lanka electricity law draft to reform power sector published

Open access and wholesale markets to be allowed

December 8, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka opposition questions utility provider's profits from hydro generation

“Are we to keep our mouths shut when half a million people are going to lose their electricity?"

December 4, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's power regulator, USAID launch dispatch data dashboard

The dashboard is ​an online platform designed to enhance transparency in the management of power distribution.

December 1, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka revises down price of widely used petrol, diesel

Government to impose 18 percent tax on fuel from January

December 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka confirms India has objected to power projects given to China on Northern islands

Co-Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella confirmed that the Sri Lankan government has received complaints from the Indi...

February 9, 2021 2 min read
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South Asia forging ahead towards renewable energy

Land-locked Nepal and the island nation of Sri Lanka are both rich in renewable resources that could be utilised for pow...

Kshama Ranawana
February 4, 2021 7 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC to purchase bunker fuel for all players: Minister

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has been cleared by the cabinet of ministers to re-enter the bunkerin...

February 2, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka eyes power storage plant for renewables

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has been given the go ahead to identify and conduct a feasibility study o...

January 30, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka IOC unit profits up 40-percent to in Dec quarter

Profits at Lanka IOC, a publicly traded unit of Indian Oil Corporation rose 40.2 percent to 686.9 million rupees in the ...

January 29, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call investors for 100MW solar IPP

Sri Lanka will call international bids from private investors for a 100 MegaWatt solar farm to be built in Siyambalanduw...

December 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards 10MW wind power deal to Capital City Holdings

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board will award contract to buy power from a 10 MegaWatt wind power plant to C...

December 8, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka commissions 103.5MW wind farm with bird radar

Sri Lanka has commissioned a 103.5 MegaWatt wind power plant in the North Eastern region of Mannar, which could produce ...

December 8, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka power regulator to be shut

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka, which regulates the power sector has been ordered closed after a budget p...

December 2, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka to change power regulator, Ceylon Electricity Board laws

The governing law of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) country's power regulator and state-run Ceylon...

November 25, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board losses down to Rs31.7bn to Aug 2020

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has lost 31.7 billion rupees up to August 2020, sharply down from 85.4 bi...

November 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB 'AA+(lka)' rating confirmed with negative outlook

Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AA+' state-run Ceylon Electricity Board with a negative outlook which is the same as th...

November 20, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka Navy to buy emergency response vessel from Colombo Dockyard

Sri Lanka Navy has been cleared to purchase a Maintenance and Emergency Response Vessel (MERV) from Colombo Dockyard Plc...

November 19, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka expects LTL, another 300MW power plant in 3 years: Minister

Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings is expected to build a 300 MegaWatt liquefied natural gas cable power plant within three years,...

October 9, 2020 2 min read

Emirates National Oil wins Sri Lanka Diesel deals

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Singapore had won contracts from state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to supply ...

October 3, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Laugfs terminal handles 400,000MT LP Gas, 60-pct re-exports

Laugfs Terminals Ltd at Hambantota port, a unit of Sri Lanka's publicly traded Laugfs group said it had handled 413,000 ...

September 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call international bids for 300MW LNG IPP

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board will call international tenders for a 300 MegaWatt liquefied natural gas ...

September 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka President orders 70-pct renewable electricity by 2030

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed that plans be made to produce 70 percent of the electricity in cou...

September 16, 2020 1 min read

Thailand firms win cylinder deals from Sri Lanka state LPG distributor

Sri Lanka's state-run Litro Gas Lanka has awarded two contracts to Thailand based firms to supply liquefied petroleum ga...

September 13, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka preparing its legal strategy with regard to the MT New Diamond disaster

Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...

Imesh Ranasinghe
September 9, 2020 2 min read