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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 22139748" data-attributes="member: 30005">Sri Lanka to call bids for 90MW mini solar plantsAug 24, 2017 08:31 AM GMT+0530ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will call tenders for 90, one MegaWatt mini solar plants next month, Deputy Power Minister Ajith Perera said.Tenders for 60MW of small solar plants called earlier is now being awarded, he told parliament.Sri Lanka is also giving subsidies for individual customers to build rooftop solar plants and sell to the grid through net metering and similar arraignments.So for 3900 connections amounting to 35MegaWats have been given to customers. Another 2000 applications amounting to 68 Megawatts remains to be given, he said.This will bring to 68MW solar net metered connections given under the so-called 'solar power war' program.Sri Lanka's power generation costs are expected to go up steeply over the next few years as a cheap coal plant built by ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reached capacity and the new administration scrapped coal and is pushing more expensive diesel and liquefied natural gas plants.- <a href="http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_to_call_bids_for_90MW_mini_solar_plants-3-8582-8.html" target="_blank">http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_to_call_bids_for_90MW_mini_solar_plants-3-8582-8.html</a></blockquote>

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