Category: Power

July 24, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s electricity generation in May 2009 fell 3.6 percent to 834 million units (GigaWatt hours) from a year earlier, while diesel sales were up 22.2 percent, the latest government data showed.Thermal power generation at state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) tripled to 243 million units from 81GWh a year earlier […]

July 22, 2009 (LBO) – Use of solar power to pump water in remote Sri Lankan villages in a trial project designed by British engineers helps save fuel costs and could be replicated in other rural communities elsewhere, experts said.The project is now specifically used to rapidly re-settle people displaced by the conflict in the […]

July 22, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has invited bids to supply 2.4 million metric tomes of coal for the country’s first coal power plant built by state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, which is scheduled to be commissioned next year.Lanka Coal Company (Private) Ltd, a specially incorporated company for coal procurement, said in a advertisement in […]

GUESSING, July 5, 2009 (AFP) – After 20 years investing in renewable energy, the small Austrian town of Guessing, a model of energy self-sufficiency, is spreading its pioneering technology far and wide. That would cut CO2 emissions in the district by 85 percent, he added. Guessing’s model has also raised interest farther afield and in […]

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 scheduled to be completed next year, a government minister said. The loan will carry an interest rate of only two percent and is repayable over 20 […]

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 technologies in the south Asian region. “Providing access to electricity is a critical factor in supporting economic development throughout the region,” James Moore, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires, was quoted […]

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 official said, as dry weather forced it to buy expensive thermal energy, running up debts. The CEB can store 1,200 million units (GigaWatt_hours) worth of water at its reservoirs but it […]

April 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run power utility is in financial trouble because politicians have made wrong decisions, a government minister said as the utility was issued a license by a newly set up regulator. “The Ceylon Electricity Board is in trouble because decision that should have been made by engineers have been […]

April 24, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government said the Cabinet has approved a foreign aid funded project to expand and improve electricity services, especially to the poor, and support renewable energy. Media minister Anura Yapa said the Asian Development Bank is giving a loan of 164 million dollars for the project with the […]

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 services, especially to the poor and those living in conflict-affected areas. The funds will be used to support energy efficiency improvements, to develop the use of renewable […]

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 electricity grid has announced it was pulling out of the project. “As a result, Arc has unequivocally withdrawn from the project in its present format, and has absolutely no […]

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 large customers to generate their own power.A newspaper advertisement by the Ceylon Electricity Board said inflow to its reservoirs during the past five months was the […]