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China's Sinopec wins Sri Lanka refinery deal

Sri Lanka to sign agreement with Sinopec to build refinery in Hambantota

October 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet nod for revising power tariffs every three months

This was taking into consideration “the inconveniences the public has to confront”, the minister said.

October 31, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka electricity reform bill submitted to cabinet

The proposed reforms will unbundle the services of CEB

October 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka roof top solar users can switch metering, financing for new users

Roof top solar customers to be allowed migration between net plus, net metering, net accounting; financing for new users

October 30, 2023 1 min read
India's Adani "respectfully" withdraws from Sri Lanka wind power deal

New government has vowed to review Adani project due to high tariff

Sri Lanka to seek investors for BOT oil-refinery

Sapugaskanda refinery was built in 1969 to refine Iran light crude

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
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Sri Lanka President says investors, deeper study, needed for new power projects

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya had called for new investors for the power generation but foreign investments must come t...

December 13, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka to double fuel storage, start India-Japan tripartite LNG plant in 2020

Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has said Sri Lanka's crude oil tank capacity will be doubled by 2020, while...

December 13, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to abolish fuel price formula

Sri Lanka will end monthly cost based pricing of fuel, newly appointed State Minister of Energy Rohitha Abeygunewardena ...

November 30, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka says approved US$36n in FDI with US$24bn refinery

Sri Lanka's investment promotion agency has approved a 24 billion dollar refinery and petro chemical complex taking tota...

November 14, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB to buy from small solar power at Rs14.24 a unit

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is to purchase power from a small solar power plant at 14.24 rupees a un...

November 11, 2019 1 min read

Dimo-Siemens Consortium win Rs4.5bn power grid deal

Sri Lanka's Dimo (Pvt) Ltd and Siemens Ltd of India has won a 4.59 billion rupees deal to upgrade the section of a power...

November 9, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's ACL Cables gets Rs789mn CEB deal

Sri Lanka ACL Cables Plc, had won a 789.45 million rupee deal to supply cables to state-run Ceylon Electricity Board.

November 7, 2019 1 min read

Swiss Singapore Overseas gets Sri Lanka long-term coal supply deal at US$60.71

Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a commodity trader, has won a Sri Lankan government long-term contract ...

November 6, 2019 1 min read

Adani Global wins Sri Lanka coal spot tender

Singapore-based Adani Global Pte Ltd. has won a Sri Lankan government spot tender to supply coal to the island's Lakvija...

November 6, 2019 1 min read

Costly oil-based Sri Lanka power generation up sharply in first seven months

High-cost oil-based power generation rose sharply in Sri Lanka in the first seven months of 2019 from a year ago, accoun...

November 5, 2019 2 min read