Sri Lanka committed to supply power: minister
Mar 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is committed to keep power flowing through the country at market prices rather than rationing electricity to reduce losses …
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Sri Lanka mini-hydro firm to sell affiliate
March 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan mini-hydro power firm Vallibel Power Erathna is selling five million shares of another hydro firm at 37 rupees apiece …
Sri Lanka to raise power tariffs from March 15
Mar 13, 2008 (LBO) — Sri Lanka would raise power tariffs from March 15 by slapping a 30 percent fuel recovery charge on most users and taking away …
Sri Lanka CEB needs overhaul, says chairman
Mar 04, 2008 (LBO) — Sri Lanka’s state-run power utility needs a management overhaul with input from finance, legal and information technology …
Sri Lanka power costs to rise 30-pct to plug Rs42bn hole
Feb 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power ministry is backing a proposal by the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to raise tariffs by around 30 …
Sri Lanka activists demand energy equity
Jan 31, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan villagers are paying a high price for off-grid power while city folk are getting billions in power subsidies from a state …
Sri Lanka sees major power failure
Jan 21, 2008 (LBO) — Power supply to most parts of Sri Lanka failed as a transformer in a transmission line just outside the capital burst in the early …
Sri Lanka and India to fix coal power plant site this month: minister
Jan 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India will finalize the site for a 500 MegaWatt coal fired joint venture power station this month, energy minister …
Sri Lanka gets World Bank push for renewable power
Jan 09, 2008 (LBO) – A new credit line from the World Bank inked Wednesday will help build 50 mega watts of power in rural Sri Lanka, helping light up …
Sri Lanka power utility looks for savings, amidst political bungling
Dec 19, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state power utility is launching a public campaign to conserve power as it is faced with rising generation costs …
Sri Lanka power fails island wide
Dec 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national power system failed shortly before dawn Friday, plunging the island in darkness as a thermal generator …
Britain to build world’s biggest biomass plant
LONDON, Nov 21, 2007 (AFP) – Britain is to build the biggest biomass plant in the world, Business Secretary John Hutton said after giving the green light …
Sri Lanka power firm warns of time lag
Nov 13, 2007 (LBO) – A power investor says it may take more than two years to set up a thermal plant if it was given the go ahead now, after Sri …
Sri Lanka to buy 200MW of private power
Nov 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will shortly call for the supply of 200MegaWatts of private power to bridge an energy deficit until a coal plant comes on …