• Sri Lanka is setting up a 'hybrid renewable energy park' in Pooneryn
• GoSL to call bids for 170MW wind and 100MW solar plants
• Another tender for two 10Mw plants are also currently open for bids.
The Government of Sri Lanka is planning to call tenders for
170 MegaWatts of wind and 100 MW of solar in the northern part of the island
nation, Deputy Minister Ajith Perera said.
The Deputy Minister said a hybrid renewable energy park that
would generate 1040MW from solar and wind power is proposed to be constructed
in Pooneryn in the Northern Province. “Within the next couple of months, we
will call tenders for 170MW of wind power and 100 MW of solar power in this
park. At the same time, 220KV transmission lines will be constructed to
distribute power generated in the park. This will be a priority project of the
Government,” he said.
Competitive bids will be called 'in a few month' for the
plants, he told parliament.
Another tender for
two 10MW plants are currently open, Perera said. Sri Lanka has received bids of
12.29 rupees a unit for two wind plants in the Jaffna peninsula from privately
owned Ceylex Engineering, but the project has delayed following public protests
because state-run Ceylon Electricity Board was expected to provide land.
Sri Lanka is also planning to float a tender for 90 units of
1MW solar plants. An earlier tender for 60 x 1 MW solar plants had generated
bids for an average 17.01 rupees a unit. Sri Lanka wants to have 410MW of wind
power and 410MW of solar power by 2020, Perera said.
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