Category: Power

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 power costs in Asia, an energy expert said. “The slowdown in demand for electricity is coming mainly from industry. Last year industry reported zero growth in electricity consumption.” […]

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 weather, a senior official of the island’s power utility said.Sri Lanka’s national grid is operated by the state-run CEB, which distributes most of the island’s […]

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 minister said.The high voltage direct current link cable was proposed by Power Grid Corporation of India to link Dhanushkodi with Talaimannar in north western Sri Lanka. The […]

July 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state power utility, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), has given Siemens Energy a 5,309 million rupee (31 million Euro) contract to modernize and expand the medium-voltage distribution network of the capital Colombo.The contract includes expanding and modernizing a 33/11-kV transformer substation, the delivery, installation and commissioning of several medium-voltage […]

June 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power engineers are to formally decide on ending their work-to-rule campaign Monday following successful talks with President Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday, an official said. The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) started trade union action last week, seeking the removal of chairman Udayasri Kariyawasam and duty-slashed car concessions. A […]

June 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Hayleys group is building a 10MegaWatt wind power plant in the island’s Western coast and is planning to boost it hydro power capacity to 15Mega Watts, the company said. In the year to March 2008 the power and energy sector has shown a 53 percent return on 709 […]

June 20, 2008 (LBO) – Parts of Sri Lanka blacked out Friday night as engineers at Sri Lanka’s power utility worked-to-rule, demanding the ouster of the state-run organization’s chairman, even as negotiations began with senior government officials. The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) had discussions with Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother Basil and […]

June 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka powerful electricity engineers’ union has started a work-to-rule campaign ahead of a full blown trade union action demanding the ouster of the state-run utility’s chairman, a union official said. The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) had decided to start the work-to-rule campaign at a special general meeting […]

June 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LOLC group, which has taken over a defunct sugar firm in a public-private partnership, is planning to build an ethanol-based power plant, the company said. LOLC and Brown & Company inked deal with the government in 2007 to revive Gal Oya Plantations, a defunct state sugar firm that […]

June 01, 2008 (LBO) – Heavy monsoon type rain from Saturday is bringing much needed water to Sri Lanka’s hydro power generation system though parts of the island are threatened by floods. Hydro complexes in the upper reaches of the Kelani River in particular had received more than 100 millimeters of rain yesterday, with some […]

May 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has awarded a contract for rural solar electrification to Australia’s BP Solar, a senior government minister said. The local government ministry said in a note to cabinet that the contract to BP Solar (Pty) Ltd of Sydney was recommended by a cabinet appointed negotiation committee. The scheme will […]

May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national grid operated by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) hit a new night peak demand of 1922MegaWatts on May 21, an official of the island’s state run power utility said. The night peak was reached on the first working day after Vesak, a Buddhist religious holiday which is […]