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Sri Lanka seeks JICA help for domestic roof top solar

Requests JICA financing for renewable energy integration, and domestic and commercial roof top solar

November 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's cross-subsidising power tariff revision questioned

According to the organisation, the “differential” tariffs are inequitable and make little economic sense.

November 1, 2023 6 min read

Sri Lanka electricity reform law may reach parliament in Jan 2023

I would imagine there would be a lot of challenges

November 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka raises prices of most fuel products; reduces Octane 92

Sri Lanka revises prices in line with a formula

October 31, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka President says Indian Adani’s tariff price ‘can’t be justified’

Adani Group withdrew from its projects last week after the new government wanted to revise down prices.

Sri Lanka power cuts to stop with reconnection of Norochcholai unit

Demand management measures, or power cuts, no longer necessary

Sri Lanka to probe sudden power cuts, shut down plant owed Rs27bn: Minister

Sri Lanka has called for a probe into a shutdown of a power plant that was owed 27 billion rupees by state-run Ceylon El...

February 5, 2020 2 min read

Regulator asks for report on sudden Sri Lanka power cuts

Sri Lanka's power regulator has asked for a report on power cuts made by the Ceylon Electricity Board on Monday, after a...

February 5, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB financial crises deepens; power cut halted with fuel credit

Power cuts of up to two hours a day from February 03, were averted after Sri Lanka's Energy Minister intervened to arran...

February 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's LVL Energy profits down on Bangladesh power plant costs

Sri Lanka's LVL Energy Fund Plc's (LVEF) profits fell 52.95 percent to 22.60 million rupees in the December quarter from...

January 31, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka cancels hundreds of mini-hydro deals, 190MW to be re-tendered

Sri Lanka has cancelled 175 mini-hydro deals hurriedly signed before the Presidential elections and another 190MegaWatts...

January 29, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call international tenders for 300MW coal plant: Minister

Sri Lanka will call international tenders for a 300MegaWatt coal plant in the island's North Western coast as an extensi...

January 29, 2020 2 min read
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Lanka IOC net up on lower oil bill in Dec

Lanka IOC Plc, the Sri Lankan unit of an Indian state-owned petroleum firm, said its net profits for the December quarte...

January 27, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka President's Secy to visit Qatar for energy talks

Secretary to Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit Qatar for talks on clean energy, following visit by the...

January 26, 2020 1 min read

Norochcholai third phase delay costs Rs250mn daily: Minister

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is bearing a loss of 250 million rupees a day, due to delays in the third phase of th...

January 24, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka cabinet approves two coal plants, two-LNG plants

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved two 300 MegaWatt coal fired plants as an extension to an existing complex ...

January 23, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to open first floating solar plant with Norway backing

Sri Lanka's first floating solar plant with technology backing from Norway, will open in the northern Kilinocchi distric...

January 23, 2020 1 min read

No decision on new Sri Lanka coal plant, President promises action on emissions

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised action on cutting the environmental fallout from the Norochcholai ...

January 20, 2020 2 min read
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Ceylon Electricity Board forced to idle cheaper plants as financial crisis worsens

A deepening financial crisis at Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is forcing the utility turn on more expen...

January 17, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka eyes tanks in China-run port to store fuel buffer stock

Sri Lanka's Minister for Power and Energy, Mahinda Amaraweera has asked officials to start talks with a Chinese company ...

January 16, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka to hike fuel prices in line with global market

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will raise fuel prices in line with global trends, co-cabinet spokesm...

January 15, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka may dump competitive bidding for renewable plants

Sri Lanka's Power Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has asked for fixed prices to be set for renewable energy abandoning the c...

January 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Catholic Cardinal invited to power project committee, opposes coal

Sri Lanka's Catholic Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has been invited send a representative to power project committees after h...

December 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB need investments of US$1.7bn till 2022, outlook cut

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board requires investments of 1.7 billion US dollars till 2022, and the utility is not ex...

December 23, 2019 7 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board to lose Rs85bn in 2019

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has run up losses of 85 billion rupees in 2019 power and energy minister ...

December 20, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans to reach 100-pct renewable energy by 2050

Sri Lanka will obtain 100 percent of the country's electricity need through renewable energy by 2050, Power and Energy M...

December 18, 2019 2 min read