{"id":128241,"date":"2022-08-29T15:25:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=128241"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:25:28","slug":"sri-lanka-launches-tender-for-100-mw-solar-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/08\/29\/sri-lanka-launches-tender-for-100-mw-solar-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka launches tender for 100 MW solar park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy pv magazine<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The Sri Lankan authorities are seeking a developer to build a 100 MW solar project on a build-own-operate basis, in addition to a new 132 kV transmission line. The facility will sell power to the Ceylon Electricity Board under a 20-year power purchase agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ceylon Electricity Board<\/a> (CEB), Sri Lanka<\/a>\u2019s largest electricity supplier, has launched a tender<\/a> for the development and construction of a 100 MW solar power plant in Siyambalanduwa, Uva province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selected developer will build the project on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis, in addition to installing a new 132 kV transmission line. The facility will sell power to CEB under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Interested developers have to submit their project proposals by Oct. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent joint study by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka<\/a> has the potential to deploy 16 GW of solar power. It aims to cover its entire power demand with renewables by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of 2021, the country had 434 MW of installed solar power, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Through its Soorya Bala Sangramaya<\/a> program for solar energy, Sri Lanka hopes to add 1 GW by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy pv magazine The Sri Lankan authorities are seeking a developer to build a 100 MW solar project on a build-own-operate basis, in addition to a new 132 kV transmission line. The facility will sell power to the Ceylon Electricity Board under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka\u2019s largest electricity supplier, has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}