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Sri Lanka's power monopoly Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has decided to call International Competitive Bids for the development of 90 small-scale solar power plants of 1 MW capacity each under the second phase of the Suryabala Sangramaya Programme. The cabinet of ministers granted the approval for the RfP issuance in October last year. Plants will be developed on a Build Own and Operate (BOO) basis and will supply power to the National Grid. Power from solar power generators will be connected to 17 grid substations identified by the CEB. Public-private partnership agreements will be signed with CEB for a period of 20 years. Deadline for submission of proposals is 23 March 2018. The program aims to bring solar power to households, religious places, hotels, commercial establishm...

Finland-based AW Energy, an ocean wave energy company, is working with the Government of Sri Lanka to set up a project to harness the potential of ocean wave energy around the southern coast of Sri Lanka. AW Energy, ranked number one globally in this technology, according to a survey by Bloomberg, will work with Sri Lankan company Sunpower Systems (Pvt) Ltd, in their local operations. Wave energy is the largest untapped form of renewable energy in the world. It is on track to produce 10% of the global energy demand in upcoming decades. The global installed capacity of wind and solar power at the end of 2014 was 360 GW and 150 GW respectively, said John Liljelund - CEO, AW Energy. WaveRoller is installed in the near-shore area at depths of approximately eight to twenty meters, wher...

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Sri Lanka calls for proposals for 90 solar power plants of 1MW capacity each

Finnish Firm in Sri Lanka to set up to project to produce energy from sea waves