Maduru Oya Solar Power Station

Maduru Oya Solar Power Station
Map
Country
Location
Coordinates7°37′10″N 81°12′10″E / 7.6194°N 81.2028°E / 7.6194; 81.2028
StatusUnder construction
Construction began
  • 2019
Solar farm
Type
Site area
  • 500 acres (200 ha)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 100 MW
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The Maduru Oya Solar Power Station is a proposed 100 megawatt floating solar photovoltaic power station to be built over 500 acres (2.0 km2) - or 2%, of the Maduru Oya Reservoir. Following the cabinet approval in 2017, the Ministry of Science and Technology allocated Rs. 80 million (about US$ 522,000) for obtaining the required equipment for a prototype training project.[1][2]

On 9 April 2019, the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy and the Canadian Commercial Corporation signed a memorandum of cooperation for the joint development of the facility, which is expected to complete by November 2019. The power station is also expected to be the first such facility to utilise energy storage in the country.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka govt to call bids for 100MW floating solar power plant". Lanka Business Online. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "100MW floating solar power plant on Maduru Oya". Daily FT. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka's first 100MW floating solar power plant before November". Lanka Business Online. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.