Rs 2 billion windpower plant for Kalpitiya

Harshini PERERA

A windpower generation project designed for the North Western province will generate 25 gigawatt hours of energy per year to the national grid.

It is expected to start operations by the end of this year.

A Singaporean company, Daily Life Renewable Energy and several other Sri Lankan investors have shown interest in setting up this windpower generation plant in Kalpitiya supporting the national energy grid, Industrial Services Bureau (ISB) Technical Director Anura Vidanagamage told Daily News Business.

The investment of Rs two billion will be allocated for the thirteen turbine power plants. It has already received approval from the authorities. The ISB is currently engaged in land acquisition, soil testing and land surveying.

The Industrial Services Bureau in the North Western Province will support the project in consulting, managing the project and managing operations.

He said that ISB will support interested investors to set up windpower mini hydro projects.

The ISB is currently engaged in livelihood and micro enterprise development projects with the NGO Consortium in Ampara, Vavuniya and Jaffna.

Technical assistance will be given to micro enterprises in those areas by the ISB.