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High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy.
An ambitious plan by the Sri Lankan government to outfit 100,000 homes with solar panels, to turn them into power producers for the national grid, may be too expensive for many families to afford, experts warn.

Sri Lanka’s government this month launched a “battle for solar energy” that aims to add 220 megawatts of clean power to the country’s energy grid by 2020, or about 10 percent of the country’s current daily electricity demand.
By 2025, the country hopes to boost its solar power output to 1,000 megawatts to meet fast-growing power needs, said President Maithripala Sirisena.
The president, who launched the initiative, said the plan called for solar panels to supply all the energy needed at the president’s residence, and that the country was committed to meeting growing energy demand with clean energy.
But shifting away from coal and other fossil fuel power to renewables – the country’s goal, according to Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, its power and energy minister – will be a challenge, the officials admitted.
Solar power has the potential to meet 32 percent of Sri Lanka’s annual power demand of around 10,500 gigawatts – but so far just 0.01 percent of that potential has been developed, according to the Sri Lanka energy sector development plan for 2015-2025.
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SOLAR POWER ELECTRICITY IN SRI LANKA.
ECO-FRIENDLY COST SAVING SOLUTION FOR DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY NEEDS.

Sri Lanka is mainly dependent on hydropower, thermal heat and other alternative energy production methods to fulfil our electricity needs. The country’s current electricity consumption per capita accounts to 495 kilowatt hours approximately and is expected to increase dramatically in future. In order to cater to the growing needs and demands of electricity, measures have been taken to encourage the use of solar energy which is a healthy option that would prevent environmental pollution and in parallel, meet the high end electricity needs of general public.

Solar power electricity.

Solar energy is generated by converting sunlight into electricity with the help of devices such as ‘Solar PV Modules’ and ‘Inverters’ which is then supplied to consumers for usage. Joining hands with CEB and LECO along with the approval of the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, solar service providers have implemented a system which exports the excess solar electricity generated from the domestic solar users to the national grid. In return, the CEB / LECO will pay the domestic user for the number of units contributed to the national grid by paying a sum of Rs.22.00 per unit for the first seven years and Rs.15.50 for eight to 20 years. In other words, the consumer gets paid by the CEB / LECO when their solar system generates excess energy and shares the surplus units with the national grid. This payment arrangement is applied for ‘Net Accounting’ and ‘Net Plus’ solar scheme users.

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 Sri Lanka is mainly dependent on hydro power, thermal heat and other alternative energy production methods to fulfill our electricity needs. The country’s current electricity consumption per capita accounts to 495 kilowatt hours approximately and is expected to increase dramatically in future. In order to cater to the growing needs and demands of electricity, measures have been taken to encourage the use of solar energy which is a healthy option that would prevent environmental pollution and in parallel, meet the high end electricity needs of general public.
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An ambitious plan by the Sri Lankan government to outfit 100,000 homes with solar panels, to turn them into power producers for the national grid, may be too expensive for many families to afford, experts warn.
Sri Lanka’s government this month launched a “battle for solar energy” that aims to add 220 megawatts of clean power to the country’s energy grid by 2020, or about 10 percent of the country’s current daily electricity demand.
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Plans have been implemented to set up a Solar Power Park in Hambantota with financial aid from Japan and Korea under the supervision of the Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka.
This Solar Power Project to be established in the Buruthakanda area in the Hambantota District will be completed in 2 phases. While financial aid for the first phase will be provided by the Japanese Government, The Korean Government has pledged it’s assistance for the 2nd phase. Under this project the Japanese Government has pledged a sum of Rs. 1.2024 million to construct a power station which will add to the Nation Grid 737 KW of Solar power. The Ministry of Power and Energy stated that this project is scheduled to be completed by August next year.
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Sri Lanka is set to enter the field of manufacturing /assembling solar panels in a big way with foreign assistance, Finance Ministry sources said. A proposal made by the Board of Investment (BOI) to promote investments in this field has received the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) recently.In the budget 2018, solar panel manufacturing has been identified as one of the key priority sectors, a senior official of the Treasury told the Business Times. This will have a significant impact on the economy in terms of export diversification, import replacement, technology transfer, value addition and employment generation, he pointed out.
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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has urged home solar system owners to conduct their own harmonic tests using their own testing equipment and validate it with CEB engineers.  This move has created an unease situation among the public and discourage them to move towards solar energy, Power and Renewable Ministry officials said.
“One would expect CEB, as the state owned utility in the country to conduct such a t est using CEB’s own equipment as the Government encourages public to switch to solar energy as the best option for the clean energy and as the best way to face the booming energy demand of the country,” an official said. Read more.

Sri Lanka calls for proposals for 90 solar power plants of 1MW capacity each
Sri Lanka's power monopoly Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has decided to call International Competitive Bids for the development of 90 small-scale solar power plants of 1 MW capacity each under the second phase of the Suryabala Sangramaya Program.
The cabinet of ministers granted the approval for the RfP issuance in October last year. Plants will be developed on a Build Own and Operate (BOO) basis and will supply power to the National Grid. Power from solar power generators will be connected to 17 grid substations identified by the CEB. Public-private partnership agreements will be signed with CEB for a period of 20 years.

The program aims to bring solar power to households, religious places, hotels, commercial establishments and industries across Sri Lanka.
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Britain's first floating solar panel project installed
Green energy developer says new floating technology is even more lucrative than solar farms on fields
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/solarpower/11110547/Britains-first-floating-solar-panel-project-installed.html

Solar panel-carrying donkeys bring internet to Turkish sheepherders.
Many of us may harbour wild fantasies of digitally unplugging from our technologically over-saturated lives to go dwell in the woods, but for the semi-nomadic sheepherders of the rural regions of Turkey, the internet is a way to keep up on the news and socialize while on their solitary trips outdoors. But considering the remote landscape they must traverse, their means of internet access is quite unconventional -- provided by solar panels carried by a "plug-and-play" donkey.

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http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/solar-panel-carrying-donkeys-bring-internet-turkish-sheepherders.html

 NDB launched ‘NDB Solar Vantage’.
NDB launched ‘NDB Solar Vantage’, a customised loan facility designed for the purpose of setting up solar energy systems for domestic use.

The loan scheme will be offered at a special rate of interest with flexible repayment tenures up to five years. The facility—most suited for households that consume over 200 units of power or incur over 15,000 rupees per month on electricity bills—could be structured in order to ensure efficient payback on the investment and substantial saving on monthly electricity bill payments through the net metering mechanism.
Read more: Harness the benefits of solar energy with NDB Solar Vantage

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