Sri Lankan government to set up wind power plant in Delft Island in the Northern Province
Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake has reportedly said that a wind power plant would be set-up at Delft Island in the country’s Northern Province in order to provide electricity to the people in the area.
The Minister has made this statement following an observation tour around Jaffna and Delft Island recently.
Karunanayake has noted that nearly 4,500 people are currently living on the island without electricity.
Accordingly, the Minister has added that swift measures would be taken to call for tenders in order to set up a windmill farm on the island.
OSL take:
Sri Lanka is facing the threat of a power crisis by 2020. The government of Sri Lanka has therefore launched a campaign to promote renewable energy generation options like solar and wind power plants in the country. The government has already launched an aggressive campaign promoting solar power as well as several wind power plants in the country. Sri Lanka’s power sector is a hotspot for foreign investments and foreign businesses/investors could explore business/investment opportunities in this sector.
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