Daily News Wrap-Up: India Offers $100 Million Credit Line to Sri Lanka for Solar Expansion
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: India has extended a Line of Credit (LOC) of $100 million to Sri Lanka to finance projects ...
Sri Lanka Plans a 100 MW Solar Project Through Private Sector Investment
Sri Lankan cabinet of ministers approved a proposal tabled by the Ministry of Energy (MoE) to develop the 100 MW Siyabalanduwa solar power project through private sector investment. According to ...
Sri Lanka Seeks Consultants to Study Feasibility of Rooftop Solar on Government Buildings
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) has issued a tender notice for hiring consultants to carry out a pre-feasibility study to implement rooftop solar systems on government buildings. The last ...
Sri Lanka Receives $100 Million Loan from India for Installing Rooftop Solar Systems
Sri Lanka announced that it had received a $100 million (~₹7.56 billion) loan from the Government of India for installing solar rooftop systems on government buildings. These funds will also ...
Sri Lanka Extends Bid Submission Deadline for its 150 MW Solar Tender
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has extended the bid submission deadline of its tender for 150 MW of solar projects to be developed at various locations in the country ...
Sri Lanka Seeks Developers for 150 MW of Solar Projects
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the state power utility under the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Business Development, has issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) from foreign and domestic ...
Sri Lanka Invites Bids for 10 MW of Solar Projects with Energy Storage
Sri Lanka’s Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA), part of the country’s Ministry of Power, Energy and Business Development, has floated two expressions of interests (EoIs) for domestic and foreign companies to ...
Sri Lanka to Construct 100 MW of Floating Solar Projects in Maduru Oya Reservoir
The Sri Lankan government has approved the project for constructing 100 MW of floating solar power projects in Maduru Oya reservoir in Mahaweli Economic Zone. The floating solar power project ...
Sri Lanka to Develop 28 Small Solar Power Projects
Sri Lanka will develop 28 small solar power projects in its north-central and eastern regions. The proposal was recently approved by the Cabinet of Ministers who gave consent to the development ...
Sri Lanka Faces Arbitration Case Over Cancellation of Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Project
KLS Energy Lanka, a subsidiary of Malaysian renewable energy producer, Energy Sdn Bhd has filed an arbitration against the Sri Lankan government. The arbitration under BIT Malaysia – Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka Secures $50 Million Loan Facility from ADB to Develop Rooftop Solar
The Ministry of Finance and Mass Media in Sri Lanka has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) wherein the bank will loan ...
Japanese Company to Start Sri Lanka’s First Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility
Japanese Sri Lanka Friendship (JSF) Corporation, a board of investment company, will start manufacturing solar panels at Katunayake in Sri Lanka. This will be the first solar panel manufacturing facility in ...
Sri Lanka Awards 10 MW of Solar Project to Didul
The Sri Lankan government has awarded a 10 MW solar power project to a domestic company Didul (Pvt.) Ltd. The project is slated to be developed near a substation located ...
Sri Lanka Tenders 90 MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Projects
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), has tendered 90 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the country under the Phase-II of its Sooryabala Sangramaya Program ...
ADB Approves $200 Million Loan for 100 MW Wind Project in Sri Lanka
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide a $200 million loan with a sovereign guarantee to the Ceylon Electricity Board to develop the first 100 MW wind park ...
ADB to Provide $50 Million Loan to Develop 50 MW of Rooftop Solar in Sri Lanka
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $50 million as loan to develop 50 MW of rooftop solar projects in Sri Lanka. This will help diversify the Sri Lankan energy ...
Sri Lanka to Reach 100 Percent Renewables by 2050
Sri Lanka can meet its current and future electricity demand through the use of renewable energy by 2050, according to a joint study by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and ...
IFC Invests $100 Million in Sri Lanka’s Renewable Energy Sector
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, will invest $100 million to boost financing for renewable energy projects in Sri Lanka. The IFC will collaborate with Sri ...
Ceylon Electricity Board Tenders 10 MW Solar Project in Vavunathivu
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has tendered a 10 MW solar project to be developed in Vavunathivu in Sri Lanka. This is a global tender and the deadline to submit project ...
