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Power

Sri Lanka’s monthly fuel bill skyrockets to US$886mn in April

Fuel import bill has jumped 112% in two months since the Middle East crisis: CBSL data

May 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s CPC spends US$521mn for oil imports in May: official

Sri Lanka's oil bill is expected to be significantly higher than expected in 2026, analysts say

May 22, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka imposed US$27mn penalty from lower quality coal imports: official  

Sri Lanka has ordered 24 coal shipments including 5 from emergency purchase

May 19, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lankans advised to economize fuel use further

Sri Lanka's oil import bill has jumped sharply after the Middle Eastern conflist

May 18, 2026 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s Resus Energy bids for 16MW battery storage projects

Two of its subsidiaries have submitted bids within the qualifying price range to set up 16 MW or 64 MW

Sri Lanka defends rooftop solar Net Plus shift

Says previous billing models unfairly forced millions of non-solar consumers to subsidise high nighttime generation cost...

SriLankan Airlines restructures defaulted bonds with 15-pct haircut

Cash of $60mn and amortizing bonds

November 20, 2025 3 min read

Panasian Power connects Matara plant to Sri Lanka’s national grid

“This project operates through the subsidiary of PAP and starts revenue generation from today,”

November 18, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB profits plunge 85-pct in September quarter

Quarter on quarter profits were down from 5.3 billion rupees in June

November 18, 2025 3 min read

Sri Lanka Cabinet decides no more wind power plants in Mannar island

India’s Adani Group withdrew Mannar wind power plant early this year amid price disagreement 

November 4, 2025 2 min read

Windforce says lowest bidder for one 50MW Sri Lanka wind plant

This marks a significant step toward securing the contract for this major renewable energy development.

October 29, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka allows duty exempted capital goods for renewable energy, batteries

The tax exemptions will apply for renewable energy generation or storage facilities or 1MW or higher

October 29, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka utility gets 3.77 US cents bid for wind power from Vidullanka, 3.96 from Windforce

One bid at 3.7700 US cents and another at 3.9600,

October 28, 2025 1 min read

Panasian Power connects Ampara plant to Sri Lanka's national grid

The commissioning adds another 5MWac/ 6.76MWp to the national grid.

October 21, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka BESS EOI gets competitive bids with Chinese batteries

Prices from a little below Rs2 mn to Rs3mn per MW per month

October 14, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka regulator denies electricity tariff hike to CEB

Present tariffs to remain for next three months

October 14, 2025 1 min read
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Sri Lanka renewable power share drops to 66-pct in July amid higher demand

Higher fuel use

October 9, 2025 2 min read

Engineers of Sri Lanka CEB raise concerns over reform implementation

The reform program is proceeding in a fragmented and ad-hoc manner

October 8, 2025 6 min read

Sri Lanka CEB tenders for BESS for grid augmentation with ADB funds

The BESS facilities will be paid for by an Asian Development Bank credit

October 5, 2025 1 min read

Proparco France interested in looking at Sri Lanka build-operate-transfer BESS projects

We have financed recently some renewable projects with those kinds of batterie

September 23, 2025 3 min read

Sri Lanka extends deadline for 640MWh BOO battery storage system

The CEB will give a 15-year concession to investors to operate the plant.

September 21, 2025 1 min read

France's AFD keen on pumped storage plants as Sri Lanka eyes funding

Pump storage is one of the solutions that AFD is really keen to support

September 19, 2025 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister urges CEB employees to trust new reforms

Some CEB employees, trade unions have opposed the new reforms

September 15, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka electricity utility seeks 6.8-pct tariff increase

The CEB has proposed spreading the increase evenly across consumer groups

September 10, 2025 1 min read

Dhammika Perera buys in to Sri Lanka's Laugfs group

In Dhammika Perera we saw a person who would be very good to unlock the potential of Laugfs

September 8, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka President flags off US$140mn, 100MW solar power plant

To generate 219GWh of energy a year

September 6, 2025 1 min read