Category: Power
Sri Lanka plans new railway for coal transportation
Apr 20, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government is planning to build a new railway track from Maho to Puttalam to transport coal from Trincomalee to Norochcholai through railway lines, the Power Minister said. Power Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday said the ministry is currently in talks with the Railway […]
CEB responds to shortcomings pointed out by power regulator
Apr 20, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has responded to shortcomings pointed out by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) after recent island-wide power failures. In a letter dated 28th March, 2016, the CEB has agreed to the recommendations, but does not include a detailed explanation for the island-wide […]
Sri Lanka launch Green Energy Champion Campaign
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy of Sri Lanka, and the project implementing partner Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and supporting partners Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority and The Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA) launched The Green Energy Champion Sri Lanka initiative, a […]
Sri Lanka to formulate 25 year electricity sector master plan with JICA
Apr 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning to develop a comprehensive electricity sector master plan of 25 years for the generation, transmission and distribution development for the whole country with JICA support. The project will cover the consideration of new technical challenges which Ceylon Electricity Board as an implementing organization may face by […]
Ceylon Electricity Board violates license conditions, says PUCSL
Mar 30, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power regulator, Public Utilities Commission, has directed the CEB to explain the reasons for the recent violation of license conditions. This violation referring to the notice on ‘Electricity Interruptions’ appeared on the CEB website on 28 March 2016. However, in terms of the Transmission and Bulk Supply License, […]
Sri Lanka to buy 3 private power plants: Power Minister
Mar 23, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Power Ministry has decided to buy three private power stations as an additional measure to avoid future power cuts. Accordingly, ACE power generation Matara (25 MW), ACE power generation Embilipitiya (100 MW) and Heladhanavi Power Station Puttalam (100 MW) will be acquired by the government. The power purchase […]
Sri Lanka’s power regulator eyes electricity tariff revision
Mar 21, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power regulator is looking at tariff revision as one option to meet the revenue requirement of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). Director General of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Damitha Kumarasinghe told Lanka Business Online that the Commission has finalized the revenue requirement of the […]
Sri Lanka reports another fire at CEB substation
Mar 18, 2016 (LBO) – A fire has broken out at the Ceylon Electricity Board grid substation in Kotugoda, in the island’s Western Province a short while ago, CEB sources told Lanka Business Online. The cause of the fire is yet not known. The fire brigade has been deployed to fight the fire. Power outages […]
PUCSL seeks explanation from Sri Lanka’s power utility for recent cuts
Mar 18, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Public Utitilies Commission (PUCSL) has called on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to give valid reasons for recent island-wide power failures and recommended measures to prevent a repetition, a statement said. “It is the responsibility of the transmission licensee, the CEB to maintain an uninterrupted power supply throughout […]
Govt to renovate 30-year old generators at Victoria Power Station
Mar 17, 2016 (LBO) – The cabinet nod has been given to renovate the generators at the Victoria Power Station to obtain their maximum efficiency. It has been decided to award the tender for replacement of the Stator of the No. 03 generator of the Victoria Power Station to the bidder recommended by the Cabinet […]
Power Ministry will present short-term solution for power issue to President on 22nd
Mar 16, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President will be presented with a committee report containing the short term solution for the recent island-wide power failures on 22nd March, the Power Minister said. “Today the committee met for the first time and are scheduled to meet again on Thursday and other investigation reports will be […]
Sri Lanka’s island-wide blackout signals power supply reliability issue
Mar 15, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s recent island-wide power blackout has raised concerns over the reliability of national power supply and its future. Issues are ranging from known areas such as the future of fossil and coal based power and renewable energy and to even more relatively new issues such as failing ‘n-1’ reliability […]