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Energy

Sri Lanka to allow floating solar firms on Samanalawewa reservoir

To be given on competitive bidding

October 9, 2023 1 min read

Saliya Wickramasuriya to head Sri Lanka's Petroleum Corp

Saliya Wickramasuriya appointed as chairman of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd

October 6, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka villagers mail electricity bills to MP Sanath Nishantha: report

"Please also settle the bills of these poor daily-wage earners,” one resident told Swarnavahini.

October 5, 2023 2 min read

USAID, Sri Lanka unveil energy efficiency tracking platform

USAID partners with Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority to introduce platform to benchmark energy efficiency

October 3, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka's Hayleys-Fentons to get Mannar wind plant at 4.65 cents

Mannar wind system has plant factor in excess of 40-pct

Sri Lanka's CEB, debentures rated A(lka) by Fitch

National long-term rating of CEB and its senior unsecured debentures have been upgraded to A(lka) from BB+(lka)

Doors opened for Sri Lanka renewable energy firms to move into Africa

A path breaking iniatiative for Sri Lanka-based renewable energy firms to move into Africa has been laid in Addis Ababa ...

August 2, 2019 1 min read

Japan's SBI invests US2mn in Sri Lanka's Sunshine energy

SBI Ven Holdings (Pte) Ltd, a unit of SBI Holdings Inc or Japan has invested 2 million US dollars in Sri Lanka's Sunshin...

July 29, 2019 1 min read

Lanka IOC back in losses in June quarter

Lanka IOC a unit of Indian Oil Corporation reported a loss of 239.18 million rupees for the June 2019 quarter, reversing...

July 26, 2019 1 min read

National trust Sri Lanka lecture on solar electricity

Solar power costs have been sharply coming down, though its still under-utilized according to a top academic who is deli...

July 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to promote daylight maximizing low income house design

Sri Lanka's power regulator has teamed up with a university to promote the design of houses for low income families whic...

July 16, 2019 2 min read

TBEA Shenyang Transformer of China wins US$5.1mn Sri Lanka deal

Sri Lanka has awarded a 5.1 million US dollars of contracts to TBEA Shenyang Transformer Group Company Ltd, to supply eq...

July 16, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka petrol price cut to Rs136 a litre

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government will cut fuel prices from midnight Wednesday with the price of litre of 92 Octane ...

July 10, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas March losses widen from finance costs, forex losses

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas Plc, which has interests in cooking gas, said net losses widened 379 percent to 473.4 million rup...

July 9, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB getting fuel; power cuts stopped for now: report

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has stopped power cuts after Ceylon Petroleum Corporation resumed fuel su...

July 9, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to sell aviation fuel at Chennai prices to boost tourism

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will be asked to sell aviation fuel at prices equal to prices in a bi...

July 8, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board loses Rs23.1bn up to April

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board has lost 23.1 billion rupees in the four month ending April 2019 from 17.5 billion ...

July 7, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC loses Rs21.4bn in 2019 four months; forex losses Rs9.1bn

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation lost 21.4 billion rupees in the first four months of 2019, and 9.1 bi...

July 1, 2019 1 min read

Vitol Asia wins Sri Lanka petrol, diesel supply contract

The Singapore unit of energy and commodities trader Vitol has won a long-term contract to supply Sri Lanka’s gove...

June 26, 2019 1 min read

Malaysia's Hyrax eyes Bangladesh, India from Sri Lanka lubricant plant

Malaysia based Hyrax Oil which has commissioned a contract blending for Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporati...

June 25, 2019 2 min read

Panasian Power to raise Rs400mn for solar power from Emerald Sri Lanka fund

Panasian Power Plc, said it plans to raise 400 million rupees from Emerald Fund, which is dedicated to investing in Sri ...

June 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka mini-hydropower unviable without rate hike, developer warns

ECONOMYNEXT – Developing more mini-hydropower plants in Sri Lanka is becoming increasingly difficult since costs ...

June 17, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets ADB aid to expand solar power use

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a project under which Sri Lanka will get aid to adopt...

June 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's DIMO enters Myanmar, Uganda power sector

Sri Lanka's Diesel & Motor Engineering Plc, which has local power generation and transmission equipment operations, has ...

June 12, 2019 2 min read

ADB to study Sri Lanka as LNG hub, supplying Maldives

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank will fund a study on the feasibility of setting up a liquefied natural g...

June 12, 2019 2 min read

Petrol price in Sri Lanka raised to Rs138 a litre

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government will raise the price of a litre of 92 Octane petrol by three rupees to 138 rupees f...

June 10, 2019 1 min read