NTPC to sign deal for Sampur power plant

NTPC Ltd, state-run electricity generator in India said a deal for Sampur power plant Project in Sri Lanka will be concluded within this week.

Telegraph India quoted NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury saying that a delegation from Sri Lanka would be in India this week to wrap up talks on Sampur project. Officials from both sides had recently met to discuss the power purchase and implementation agreements for the 2x250MW imported coal-based project at Sampur.

The Sampur Coal Power Station is a large coal-fired power station currently under construction in Sampur, Trincomalee and Sri Lanka. The Government has agreed that, after the commissioning of this power station, no more coal-fired power stations will be commissioned in Sri Lanka. Making this and the Norocholai Coal Power Station, the only two coal-fired power stations in Sri Lanka.

Due to the increasing demand for electricity in the Eastern Province, it had been decided to establish a coal based power plant of 2×250 MW capacity in Sampur in the Trincomalee district at a total investment of around US $ 500 million. The joint venture partners for this project are the Ceylon Electricity Board and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd of India.

(IH)