Category: Power

Sept 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has halted daily power cuts that came into effect last month after a coal fired power plant that was crucial to the system broke down, until further notice, the ministry of power and energy said. Data from the Ceylon Electricity Board shows about 25 percent of the energy […]

Aug 29, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s renewable energy firms have demanded higher tariffs after the rupee depreciated and interest rates rose following a balance of payments crisis, at a public consultation called by the power regulator. Renewable energy firms said the rupee had depreciated from 110 to over 130 (about 18 percent) over the […]

Aug 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Chinese built coal plant which is breaking down repeatedly has been over-used without scheduled maintenance but had still saved billions of rupees to the power utility, its designer has said. Zhao Wenxue, from the Northwest Electric Design Institute which designed the plant said in a statement that most […]

August 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka said its 455 million dollar Chinese funded power plant will resume operation in two weeks, after its breakdown earlier in the week resulted in countrywide power cuts, a report said. “There are some technical problems in the Lakvijaya power plant. The Chinese company, the Ceylon Electricity Board and […]

Aug 17, 2012 (LBO) – Trade unions of state monopoly power utility, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has called off a strike and agreed to work on five demands from an initial twelve, the ministry of power and energy releasing a statement said. The decision to call off the strike was taken following a discussion […]

Aug 16, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has urged CEB trade unions to give up disruptive terror tactics and report to work and resolve worker grievances through discussions, the ministry releasing a statement said. Ranawaka alleged that politically motivated CEB trade unions have disrupted the power supply in the Ampara […]

Aug 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has extended the time duration of power cuts to three hours and twenty minutes starting Thursday until a faulty Chinese built coal power plant is fully restored, the ministry of power and energy releasing a statement said. Ekala, Sapugaskanda, Angoda, Thalangama, Koswatta, Weyangoda, Nittambuwa, Yakkala, Malabe road, Athurugiriya, […]

Aug 14, 2012 (LBO) – A US based company has introduced a daylight capturing device to the Sri Lankan market that can channel natural light inside buildings through an internal reflective system cutting energy costs and reducing the heat load on air-conditioning, an official said. Solatube says they are eyeing Sri Lanka’s garment factories, manufacturing […]

Aug 14, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should withdraw a currency note bearing the picture of a Chinese built coal plant that was contracted out without open tendering and is now continually breaking down, a legislator has said. Sri Lanka’s central bank placed the picture of a 455 million US dollar coal power plant built […]

August 12, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power minister has sought cabinet approval to raise state-run Ceylon Electricity Board’s borrowing limit to 74.2 billion rupees to meet increasing fuel needs, settle debts and pay independent power producers, a report said. Minister Champika Ranawaka told his cabinet colleagues that the state power utility owed 16 billion […]

Aug 08, 2012 (LBO) – Power generation in Sri Lanka’s newly built Lakvijaya coal power plant in north-western Puttalam district has been temporarily suspended due to a problem in a transmission line,the ministry of power and energy releasing a statement said. The ministry said a sudden breakdown in the transmission line which takes power from […]

Aug 08, 2012 (LBO) –Sri Lanka will cut power for two hours and fifteen minutes during the daytime Thursday (August 09) owing to a breakdown in a Chinese build coal plant in the north western region in the Island, the power ministry releasing a statement said. Some areas in northern and southern zones in the […]