Mawella Coal Power Development Project
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Template:Navbar-SriLankacoal}}The Mawella Coal Power Development Project is a proposed 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station at Mawella in Sri Lanka.
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Location
The map below shows the Kudawella/Mawalla area in Trincomalee district, the approximate location of the project.
Background
According to the CEB’s long term power generation plan formulated in 1981, it was proposed to build the country’s first coal power station in Mawella. A 1988 study looked at the site together with other locations and proposed a 600 MW coal plant.[1] According a former consultant to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CED), an advantage of the "Mawell/Kudawella" location is that it provides "an excellent natural harbour facility...to handle 60,000 dwt coal ships by the shore." According to the former consultant, such a location would offer a more secure coal supply, particularly in contrast to the Lakvijaya Power Plant.[2]
According to the 2013 Long Range Generation Expansion Plan of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the Mawella site "remains a potential site for future coal power development."[1]
However, with no developments since 2013, plans to build a coal plant at the location appear to have been shelved. According to the Daily FT, the plant "was abandoned when locals protested," leading the CEB to consider other locations for a coal plant.[3]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Ceylon Electricity Board and NTPC
- Location: Kudawella/Mawalla, Trincomalee district
- Coordinates: 5.988493, 80.735932 (approximate)
- Status: Cancelled
- Gross Capacity: 600 MW
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Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Long Term Generation Expansion Plan 2013-2032," Ceylon Electricity Board, October 2013, page 4-11
- ↑ "Take up Mawella coal power project," The Island, letter by E. Carlo Fernano, former power development consultant, CEB, February 14, 2001
- ↑ "Recent power outages and CEB Engineer’s responsibility," FT Daily, Apr 19, 2016
