Lanka's first natural gas power plant in Mirissa

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first natural gas power plant will be set up in Mirissa in the Southern Province with Iranian assistance.

This 300 mega watt power plant is being set up under the Government's alternative energy development project as a solution to the energy crisis. It will also introduce LNG technology to Sri Lanka, considered a natural source of energy without any harmful effects to the environment.

Power and Energy Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne was due to leave for Iran accompanied by a Ministry delegation for a technological study tour regarding the proposed power plant, the Power and Energy Ministry said yesterday.

During this tour undertaken on the official invitation of the Iranian Government, Seneviratne will meet the Iranian Power and Energy Minister, Officials of the Iranian Energy Authority and several other experts in the Energy sector and discuss the proposed Energy Development plan for solving Sri Lanka's Energy crisis with them.