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Sri Lanka to buy diesel from Petrochina International

The purchase is made on long term contract basis.

September 26, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka choses over 75,000 acre lands for renewable power plants mainly in North, East

Sri Lanka has planned to reduce thermal power generated energy to 30 percent by 2030

September 20, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka discusses electricity financing with UN official

Power minister meets UN official to discuss financial assistance and green financing available for renewable energy.

September 18, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get power plant with energy storage system in North

Global renewable energy developer proposes to set up 700mw solar power plant with battery storage system in Kilinochchi

September 14, 2023 3 min read
Sri Lanka will decide on changes to Adani projects after review: Minister

After the review is completed, we can decide what changes to be made

India’s Adani says Sri Lanka wind project still on, power price under review

Court cases have temporarily halted Adani projects.

Electric fences shock Sri Lanka farmers

The number of persons electrocuted in Sri Lanka fell 16 percent to 89 in 2018, with the most incidents reported when far...

June 5, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds spike on political uncertainty, rupee steady

Sri Lanka rupee closed steady Monday but bonds spiked on political uncertainty as two Muslim governors resigned as prote...

June 3, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Fairway waste energy firm gets power purchase deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Fairway Waste Management Pvt Ltd has resumed work on a project to generate power...

June 3, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka commissions 3.3MW dendro power plant

Sri Lanka has commissioned a 3.3MW dendro power plant which has been connected to the national grid from May 30, Vidulla...

June 3, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka approves more 1MW solar power plants

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has given the go-ahead to four private energy companies to build one ...

May 29, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka offers two offshore oil blocks for exploration

Sri Lanka has opened an international bidding round to explore and produce oil and natural gas in two blocks in the Mann...

May 28, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka buys 400MW of floating emergency power

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given approval to buy 400 MegaWatts of emergency power for up to nine months to so...

May 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Browns to buys into African sugar cane bio-energy firm

Sri Lank's Browns Investment said it has reached a deal to buy control of a bio-fuel producing sugar farm in the African...

May 15, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka raises petrol to Rs135 a litre

Sri Lanka's fuel prices will be increased at midnight under the cost-reflective price formula, the Finance Ministry said...

May 11, 2019 1 min read

Oman reaffirms interest in Sri Lanka oil refinery project

ECONOMYNEXT – Oman has reaffirmed its commitment to take part in a joint venture for an oil refinery with a capac...

May 8, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Ceylex Engineering wins Rs2.7bn transmission line deal

Sri Lanka's Ceylex Engineering, a privately owned power engineering firm has won a 2,708 million rupee deal to build tra...

April 19, 2019 1 min read

China's Qindao Huijintong wins Rs6.7bn Sri Lanka power grid deal

China's Qingdao Huijington Power Equipment Company Ltd has won a deal to build a 33KiloWatt transmission line for Sri La...

April 15, 2019 1 min read

Ravi to be Sri Lanka's solar Parakramabahu

Sri Lanka will expedite licenses for solar farms so that no light that falls on the island is wasted, Power Minister Rav...

April 14, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka holds fuel prices ahead of traditional new year

Sri Lanka has kept fuel prices stable, halting a pricing formula for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season, Finance Mini...

April 10, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Cabinet approves buying 100MW of emergency power

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers this week approved plans for the state power utility to buy...

April 10, 2019 1 min read

Audit reveals Sri Lanka CEB accounting misdeeds, project delays

ECONOMYNEXT – An audit of a foreign-funded project to improve power supply for remote islands off Sri Lanka�...

April 10, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka decision for two 300MW IPPs in one tender was bi-partisan: Ravi

A decision to award a 300 megawatt (MW) power plant to the first and second bidder in a single tender for an independent...

April 9, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets ADB help to tender for own LNG terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has received Asian Development Bank funding to tap internat...

April 8, 2019 5 min read

Sri Lanka in talks for 500MW of floating power plants

Sri Lanka's power ministry is in talks for around 500 MegaWatts of floating power plants to cover capacity shortfalls, P...

April 5, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects to connect 170MW plants to end blackouts

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board expects to re-connect two expired plants and go ahead with an emergency p...

April 4, 2019 2 min read