by Sanath Nanayakkare
The shelving of proposed high-efficient coal-power-plants ( 2x250 MW and 4x300 MW) in Sampur opting for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) fired thermal power plants would not be prudent as it would incur Rs. 10 billion more, and could also be sensitive to global market prices, Engineer Buddhika Samarasekara said yesterday at a seminar held at The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) on 'Generation Options for Sri Lanka for a Reliable and Economical Power Supply'.
Engineer Samarasekara who is the chief engineer for generation planning of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was speaking at the seminar on the topic ' Economic and Environmental Impacts of Coal and Natural Gas as a fuel.
The engineer went on to point out that LNG would be a suitable fuel option to build up power plants within major load centres in the region of Colombo.
He obviously made these remark as the government had earlier focused on discussions with India and Japan to convert the proposed coal-fired power plant in Sampur, from coal to LNG due to pressure on the government from energy and environment experts not to go ahead with further coal-fired power plants.
Setting up coal power plants could be seen as a step backward in the government’s pledge to keep low carbon emissions in keeping with the globally accepted Paris Agreement under the United Nations frame-work for Climate Change.
Taking these views into context Engineer Samarasekare said," Sri Lanka will still be a relatively low carbon emission country, even if it sets up the proposed coal power plants, in Sampur. High efficient coal power plants will have lower CO2 emissions. We recommend that the proposed Sampur projects be implemented, and at least 600 MW of power be commissioned to the national grid by 2020 as part of country's long term generation expansion plan".
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The shelving of proposed high-efficient coal-power-plants ( 2x250 MW and 4x300 MW) in Sampur opting for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) fired thermal power plants would not be prudent as it would incur Rs. 10 billion more, and could also be sensitive to global market prices, Engineer Buddhika Samarasekara said yesterday at a seminar held at The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) on 'Generation Options for Sri Lanka for a Reliable and Economical Power Supply'.
Engineer Samarasekara who is the chief engineer for generation planning of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was speaking at the seminar on the topic ' Economic and Environmental Impacts of Coal and Natural Gas as a fuel.
The engineer went on to point out that LNG would be a suitable fuel option to build up power plants within major load centres in the region of Colombo.
He obviously made these remark as the government had earlier focused on discussions with India and Japan to convert the proposed coal-fired power plant in Sampur, from coal to LNG due to pressure on the government from energy and environment experts not to go ahead with further coal-fired power plants.
Setting up coal power plants could be seen as a step backward in the government’s pledge to keep low carbon emissions in keeping with the globally accepted Paris Agreement under the United Nations frame-work for Climate Change.
Taking these views into context Engineer Samarasekare said," Sri Lanka will still be a relatively low carbon emission country, even if it sets up the proposed coal power plants, in Sampur. High efficient coal power plants will have lower CO2 emissions. We recommend that the proposed Sampur projects be implemented, and at least 600 MW of power be commissioned to the national grid by 2020 as part of country's long term generation expansion plan".
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=147243
