Handing over of SL’s first solar power plant

Sri Lanka’s first solar power plant established at Barutha Kanda Solar Power Park in Hambantota, will be handed over to the pubic on August 8 under the patronage of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa.

Five hundred K.watts capacity of electricity will be added to the national electricity Grid. The Korean government has financed the establishment of this solar power plant at a cost of Rs 412 million.

Sustainable Energy Authority Director Athula Jayathunga said that this power plant generates 2,300 units of electricity daily and generates 839,500 kilowatts hours annually.

“By adding this solar power energy to the national grid, 200,000 litres of diesel could be saved annually,” he said adding that in view of this the emission of 300 tonnes of carbondioxide to the environment has been stopped.

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, Hambantota district MP Namal Rajapaksa and Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Choi Jong Moon are expected to particiapte.