Norochcholai plant generates 300 MW to National Grid

Sandasen Marasinghe, Irangika Range and Disna Mudalige

The Norochcholai thermal power plant currently generates 300 MW of electricity to the National Grid, according to an answer tabled by Chief Government Whip and Minister Dinesh Gunawardene in Parliament yesterday.

The Thermal Power Plant was opened on March 22 this year.

Since then, the power plant had been operating as a base load plant, providing much needed electricity demand especially during the drought season in the months of August, September and October.

The plant had to shut down on a few occasions due to technical failures, which were promptly, attended to by contractor and CEB staff, the tabled answer said.

According to the tabled answer, the power plant had been closed down for 35 days due to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance work and coal supply delays.