1000Mw Power exchange between Sri Lanka and India approved

[saraprobe]

Thursday, July 24, 2008, 17:05 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 24, Colombo: Sri Lankan Cabinet today approved a proposal submitted by the Minister of Power and Energy W.D.J. Seneviratne for a project to establish a bilateral power exchange between Sri Lanka and India.

The project plans to construct an India-Sri Lanka electricity transmission interconnection por power exchange via Dhanushkody Palk Strait, and Thalaimannar. It will connect the Ceylon electricity Board Power system of Sri Lanka and Southern Region Grid of India.

The project is expected to bring maximum economic benefits to both countries through the exchange of 1000 Mw of power when it is completed.

 

[CoolCartoon]

indian s lage conditions ehema monawada dan ne

 

[saraprobe]

 

[gpindika]

indian s lage conditions ehema monawada dan ne

 

[nj542]

indian s lage conditions ehema monawada dan ne

lk's total electricity consumption is little over 2GW......
so that mean half of the countries power will come from india??????????

thats so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad..............

it's like handing over half of the country's economy to india............

 

[saraprobe]

lk's total electricity consumption is little over 2GW......
so that mean half of the countries power will come from india??????????

thats so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad..............

it's like handing over half of the country's economy to india............

No dude, they will only export surplus electricity, It will be able to transfer 1000Mw doesn't necessarily mean that we would get 1000Mw at all time!!!

 

[CoolCartoon]

lk's total electricity consumption is little over 2GW......
so that mean half of the countries power will come from india??????????

thats so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad..............

it's like handing over half of the country's economy to india............

there must be some hidden condition under this. some thing fishy...

 

[Clerk_Kent]

there must be some hidden condition under this. some thing fishy...

surely

 

[AkuMan]

SL should promote Solar and Wind farms instead. Free energy for life!!!

Interesting read this http://www.american.com/archive/2008/july-august-magazine-contents/our-electric-future

 

[nj542]

there must be some hidden condition under this. some thing fishy...

as i heard..we have to give power back to them when their electricity demand go high..........

after completion of coal plants.................

 

[CoolCartoon]

as i heard..we have to give power back to them when their electricity demand go high..........

after completion of coal plants.................

lol..here we go........ they are damn smart..... our stupid ( smart ) politicians dont care about the after effects...they just think about money which they get from this.

 

[saraprobe]

lol..here we go........ they are damn smart..... our stupid ( smart ) politicians dont care about the after effects...they just think about money which they get from this.

SL is not the first country to do this, Europe is a good example for this, most of the times SL will have electricity from India