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Sri Lanka's state-run CPC records significant reduction in fuel sales: minister

Records show a reduction of about 50 percent in auto diesel, about 30 pertol in petrol, and about 70 percent in kerosene

March 10, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka minister signals reduction in fuel, electricity prices 

People have started street protests against high electricity tariff

March 10, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka state run CPC cuts kerosene prices

Prices of Auto diesel price, Super diesel, petrol 95 Octane and 92 Octane remained unchanged.

March 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to seek membership of Vienna nuclear conventions

"It is a cost-effective but highly risky power source," Gunawardana said.

February 28, 2023 2 min read
Singapore's Blue Circle exits Sri Lanka's Windforce 100MW solar IPP

Blue Circle PTE Ltd of Singapore exits consortium

Sri Lanka awards 21MW of solar IPPs

The plants will be connected to Anuradhapura, Galle and Deniyaya substations

India, Japan to build LNG terminal, 500MW power plant in Sri Lanka

India and Japan will build a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, a 500 MegaWatt power plant and a gas distrib...

April 30, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka regulator assessing coal power pollution

Sri Lanka's power regulator has started meeting with the communities around a coal power station to go into their compla...

April 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka petroleum union call off strike over Indian deal

A strike leader at state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said they will return to work after Prime Minister Ranil Wickr...

April 25, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's IOC unit keeps economy oiled

Lanka IOC, a unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, is maintaining deliveries to its network of fuel stations, a top offici...

April 24, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka motorist rush to top up fuel on strike threat

Long lines of vehicles formed Sunday evening at fuel stations in Sri Lanka after a trade union at the state petroleum di...

April 23, 2017 1 min read

Forex, regulatory controls delay overseas Sri Lankan hydropower investment

ECONOMYNEXT – An investment by a Sri Lankan firm to buy a minihydro power plant in Uganda has been delayed by for...

April 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Resus Energy buys firm with hydropower plant license

ECONOMYNEXT – Resus Energy, a Sri Lankan renewable energy company that owns and operates hydro power plants, said...

April 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka electricity generation up 8.1-pct in 2016

Sri Lanka's power generation roe 8.1 percent to 14,149 GigaWatt hours in 2016, with a sharp drop in hydro generation ami...

April 12, 2017 1 min read

Bigger storage at Chevron Sri Lanka unit yields margin gains

ECONOMYNEXT – Bigger storage facilities at the new plant of Chevron Lubricants Lanka has helped the firm improve ...

March 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to regulate electric car charging stations

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will amend its electricity law to enable the regulation and supervision of the growing nu...

March 29, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka energy regulator mulls guidelines on outages

ECONOMYNEXT – The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the energy sector regulator, is considering i...

March 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Laugfs to borrow US$42.6mn for gas terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – Laugfs Terminals Limited, part of Sri Lanka’s Laugfs Holdings group, is to borrow US$42,6 mi...

March 28, 2017 1 min read

Global tender for 60 small Sri Lanka solar farms to close in April

An international competitive tender to build 60 one 1MegaWatt solar plants around Sri Lanka will close on April 26, Depu...

March 23, 2017 1 min read

New Sri Lanka rules to prevent buildings near power lines

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s energy sector regulator has announced new building rules to protect the public f...

March 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call bids for solar farm with battery amid Tesla challenge

Sri Lanka is planning to call bids for a 100 MegaWatt floating solar farm with battery storage, as electric tech firm Te...

March 17, 2017 3 min read

Singaporean firms win big Sri Lanka fuel contracts

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has awarded two Singaporean companies contracts to supply its state oil refiner and retai...

March 16, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Vidullanka to commission Uganda hydropower plant

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Vidullanka Plc said it has completed building a 6.5MW mini hydro power plant in Uganda ...

March 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to build 100MW floating solar plant in reservoir

Sri Lanka will call bids to build a 100 MegaWatt float solar power plant in an irrigation reservoir, Minister Rajitha Se...

March 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka regulator seeks public comments on fuel pricing, social damage costs

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s energy sector regulator has invited public comments on the state power utilityâ...

March 1, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s Vidullanka issues shares to Timex

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan mini hydro power firm Vidullanka Plc said it plans to issue new shares to Timex Garments (Pvt) ...

February 27, 2017 1 min read