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?? ??????? ????????? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ????? 40% ????? ??? ???? ????? ????, ?????? ??????? ?????????????? ????? ??? ?????? ????? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?????? ???????? ??? ???? ?? ?????? ??????, ???????? ???? ??????????? ???? ????? ????. ???????? ????? ???????…

If the readers recall, these columns explained in September 2015, that not a single power plant was under construction, and that the Sampur power plant was badly behind schedule. Perhaps, a right thinking Govt would take note of such assessments, and the numerous warnings and reports circulating in the energy bureaucracy since 2012 that a crisis is approaching, and kick CEB on the back, to implement new projects fast, of which the corner stone will be the Sampur projects. Not one but two power plants in Sampur were on the drawing boards. READ MORE …

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) in its latest report stressed that the hydro dispatch level for power generation must to be kept below the average level, to ensure the availability of hydro reservoirs until end of April 2017. READ MORE …

Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya, energy expert and former Chief Engineer at the CEB, says that the country will have to face severe power cuts by 2018.

In an opinion piece for the Divaina newspaper, the energy expert says that politicians and other parties have always wreaked havoc with the long term plans of the CEB. READ MORE…

The Ceylon Electricity Board currently pays as much as US¢16/kWh as feed-in tariff to solar power project developers. The lowest tariff bid in neighboring India is around US¢6.0/kWh while the lowest tariff bid in the world is around US¢2.0/kWh. READ MORE…

?? ??? ?????? ????? ???????? ???????? ??? ??????? 17 ??. 2013 ???? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ?? 2014 ???? 25% ???? ??????? ???? ??? ????? ??????? 22 ? ??????? ?????? ????? ?????? ????? ??????. ??????? 20 ? ???????, ???? ?????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ??????. ????? ????? ?? ????? ?? ???????????? ?? 22 ? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?????? ????? ???????? ???????? ??? ??????? 17 ??. ??????? ?????? ???????? ???? ???????? ??????? ?? ?????? ????? ???? ???? ????? ???????? ? ???? ????????? ?????????? ?????? ? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ???? ?????????? ???? ??? ????? ??? ?????? ???????? ????? ???????…

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers (CEBEU) say constructing power plants and transmission line requires long term planning.

“Going beyond such plans would end up in repercussions, where it is not easy to come out of the mess,” CEBEU Chief Athula Wanniarachchi told The Sunday Leader. READ MORE …

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) has warned Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya that if a competitive bidding process is not carried out on non-competitive solar power, they would resort to trade union action.

“We had informed him about the impact on electricity consumers due to non-competitive Solar Power. We understand that the government is in the process of establishing Solar PV power plants through the private sector as part of its Non-Conventional Renewable Energy (NCRE) drive.  CEBEU has been always supportive of implementing NCRE in the country to the optimum and reasonable limits.” READ MORE …

The plants are being proposed on the grounds that they are needed to negate the impact from a potential 2018/19 power crisis, but the union claims they are being pushed by various parties with vested interests.

Several proposed power plants have been cited by the CEBEU as alleged unsolicited proposals. One example is a 400MW power plant in Hambantota proposed by the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), the same company that built the Lakvijaya coal power plant in Norochcholai. The LNG plant is to be later expanded to 1000MW. The plant is due to be built inside the proposed Hambantota industrial zone that China is due to establish. READ MORE …

Wednesday 24th November 2016

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Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union headed by Athula Wanniarachchi said, the government was fast tracking several projects, some of which have come through unsolicited bids and most of them not included in the Least Cost Long Term Generation Plan (LCLTGP), prepared by the CEB and approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), recently.

“According to the existing plan, conditionally approved by the PUCSL, we have proposed only one 300 mw plant in Kerawalapitiya and 170 mw plant in Hambantota. However, the government is pushing for an additional 300 mw combined cycle plant in Kerawalapitiya, 400 mw plant in Hambantota and an additional 500 mw LNG plant in Kerawalapitiya,” Wanniarachchi said. “We don’t need so many plants simultaneously. We don’t even have transmission lines to Kerwalapitiya or LNG terminals. We cannot pretend to go grocery shopping for power plants,” he said. READ MORE …

2016-11-22

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-owned electricity utility has revealed plans to add two high-cost fuel oil power plants to its electricity generation mix after the government took a controversial decision to scrap a planned coal-fired plant whose construction was about to start.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) plans to add one 100MW and one 70MW furnace oil or fuel oil power plant, respectively, among several planned power stations. READ MORE …

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s renewable energy businessmen, who are making billions of rupees by selling high priced power to the people, have been exempted from value added tax when they build plants, while healthcare is taxed. READ MORE …

Athula Wanniarachchi,-President, Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union

As per Electricity Act 2009, the private sector is not allowed to invest in electricity transmission. As the ‘Transmission licensee’, only Ceylon Electricity Board is allowed to do it. It seems that the Finance Ministry has not discussed this matter with Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy before stating it at the Budget speech. They have just arbitrarily included this item without fully knowing the subject matter. The budget has mentioned nothing of government plans to provide electricity at a lower rate which is a very important attribute to attract foreign industries. Other regional countries like India and Bangladesh have good plans to reduce cost of electricity to enhance the industries and the growth of economy and job opportunities for the youth. The Union will not agree with the statement. The government is looking to diversify its energy sources to include LNG, and Green energy sources as well. It is important to ensure that adequate investments are made for transmission and distribution as well. Therefore, we encourage the private sector to participate in providing transmission facilities within each province. READ MORE …