Sri Lanka Prepares for Possible Power Shortage by 2018. To read more please CLICK on the image below…

Criticism is an opportunity for correction; Britain just revoked its stop order on the 3200MW, GBP 18 billion, Hinckley Point C nuclear power station. It will be tougher in Lanka due to multiple pressures, some reasonable, some naïve, others venal. The government has no clue what it is doing and is in a muddle. Following last week’s piece on principles of planning I will devote this one to current concerns; next week’s finale will be on sector restructuring. READ MORE…

A senior Indian official attached to the TPCL says that just for the research and study purposes of the Sampur coal plant they have spent about USD 5 Million and that has gone down the drain.

Despite all options to install the LNG Plant is also assured to be given to India, will the country survive on LNG which is 30 percent per unit more compared to coal power per unit is yet to be experienced.

According to TPC a gas terminal in Sampur will roughly cost USD 150 TO 200 Million for 1,000 tons of gas per annum and also to install a gas terminal it would roughly take another five years. To install the LNG power station, it would also take another two years it was revealed. TO READ MORE CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW>>>

Nobody wanted the power plant in Norochcholai except the power system planners who were determined to ensure the country got its electricity at the lowest possible cost. With their knowledge of what exactly was happening with power generation in other countries, they knew the only way to rescue the power sector from the financial mess and recurring power cuts, was to build strong, large capacity, cheaper power plants. Norochcholai was the first such power plant.  READ MORE…

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Sunday, September 18, 2016

By August 2016, electricity sales growth recorded was 9.6 per cent (compared with the first eight months of 2015), the highest since 2010. So there is no relief on the demand front, to call for relief, now that Sampur power plant is delayed, suspended or cancelled. If the Sampur project went ahead, with essential additional environmental safeguards and technical/contractual amendments, relief would have come by 2020. READ MORE….

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Ad hoc decisions with regard to the country’s power sector will cost the Government billions of rupees and the burden will have to be borne by the consumers, the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) warned.

Referring to the decision to scrap the Indian funded coal power plant in Sampur, CEBEU President Athula Wanniarachchi claimed a lack of clear direction by the Government, coupled with apparent disregard for the advice of professionals, would hurtle the country towards a power crisis that it would not be able to overcome without pumping enormous funds to run and maintain costly diesel power plants.

This would mean consumers would have to endure rising electricity tariffs, he added.

He further said the decision was liable to cost the Government an additional Rs.170 billion over four years. The estimate had been made on the assumption that it would take at least four years for the proposed two combined cycle power plants at Kerawalapitiya (300 Megawatt) and Hambantota (170 Megawatt) to be converted from diesel to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). These plants are needed to meet a power crisis expected to hit the country in 2018-2019. READ MORE…

2016-09-14

India is yet to be officially notified of Sri Lanka’s new development – shelving of the Sampur Coal Power Plant Project, they undertook a long time ago after signing several MoUs pertaining to it. After the Supreme Court was informed yesterday, by the Attorney General, that the Ministry of Power and Energy will shelve the proposed coal power plant, that was offered to India a long time ago, Esha Srivastava, Spokesperson for the Indian High Commission, told Ceylon Today “there were several discussions held on the matter and still there could be more discussions held on it.” READ MORE…

The renewal of the Environmental Protection License (EPL) for the Lak Vijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai for this year has been delayed following the Central Environment Authority (CEA) taking over the assessments from the North Western Environment Protection Authority due to environmental concerns, the Sunday Observer reliably learns. READ MORE….

 

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Voting Papers for the above Elections and the related documents were posted on 26^th July 2016 to all Corporate Members who are eligible to vote at the forthcoming elections to the Council.

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Closing Date & Time : August 31, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

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Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) Annual General Meeting 2016 was held on 5th August 2016 at the Committee Room – B (Lotus Hall), BMICH. Eng. Athula Wanniarachi was unanimously selected again as the President for the term 2016/17. For more details of the other office bearers, committee members and area representatives please visit the link “Office bearers” on the CEBEU home page main menu.    

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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has finally forwarded its Long Term Generation Plan to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), meeting an August 1 deadline set by it for the submission of the plan.

The Government had already decided to convert the proposed coal power plant in Sampur into Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). However, with several parties, including the CEB Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) calling for a scientific study to be conducted before deciding on the future of coal, the revised plan contains a mix of both coal and LNG power plants, the Sunday Times learns.
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