Sri Lanka gets Chinese loan for coal power expansion
June 30, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has got Chinese financing to add 600 Mega Watts of coal powered capacity to a generation complex where the first stage is …
June 30, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has got Chinese financing to add 600 Mega Watts of coal powered capacity to a generation complex where the first stage is …
April 29, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has set up an energy efficient lighting centre with United States support aimed at promoting clean and low-cost lighting …
April 29, 2009 (LBO) – The finances of Sri Lanka's cash-strapped state-run power utility, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), could improve in May, a top …
April 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run power utility is in financial trouble because politicians have made wrong decisions, a government minister …
April 24, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government said the Cabinet has approved a foreign aid funded project to expand and improve electricity services, …
April 15, 2009 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it will provide 160 million US dollars in loans to Sri Lanka to expand and improve electricity …
March 12, 2009 (LBO) - An Australian consultancy that won tax concessions to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power plant for Sri Lanka's state-run …
Mar 09, 2009 (LBO) - Hydro storage at Sri Lanka's state-run power utility fell below 300 million units or 24 percent of capacity, with the firm offering to pay …
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run power utility is under pressure from poor rainfall, but it is hoping to weather the dry season in the first …
Jan 24, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has given tax concessions to an Australian consultancy to develop a 488 MegaWatt liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power …
Dec 10, 2008 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan hydro-power firm which has developed a string of private plants in the island, has been engaged to speed up a stalled …
Oct 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrilla aircraft struck a key power station in the capital Colombo in a night raid, and bombed a military …
Oct 10, 2008 (LBO) – A new 36 MegaWatt power plant that will come online in the northern Jaffna peninsular at the end of the month ending power cuts in …
Sept 18, 2008 (LBO) - Southern parts of Sri Lanka lost power last night after a transformer at a hydro power complex in the island's central hills exploded and …
Sept 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's power distributors are to start net metering, where customers would be able to generate small amounts of renewable energy, …
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan electricity consumers are far too complacent about the poor service provided by the state power utility, an energy expert said. …
Aug 18, 2008 (LBO) - Solar energy is still too expensive to be used widely without government subsidies, a Sri Lankan expert has told the island's …
Aug 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka faces no immediate threat of blackouts with growth in demand for electricity slowing down as industries grapple with the highest …
Aug 14, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's eastern port town of Trincomalee is facing a power outage after a high tension line feeding the area was hit by a freak …
July 24, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to link Southern India and Sri Lanka through a submarine power cable, a senior …