Ridma Dissanayake
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will conduct a performance test at the Lakvijaya coal power plant in Norochcholai. The plant will be shut down for 10 days from tomorrow for the performance test and other needs, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.
US $ 450 million has been spent on the Lakvijaya coal power plant and it adds 300 megawatts to the national electricity grid.
It commenced operations at the beginning of this year.
CEB sources said that during the period of closure, the desulphurization unit which was disrupted by a recent fire in the plant is also to be reinstalled.
The minister revealed these plans during a ceremony at the Galle Face Hotel on Friday to mark the official handing over of the power plant to the Sri Lankan government by the builders of the plant, China Machineries and Engineering Corporation.
The China Machineries and Engineering Corporation is handling the second phase of the project. The second phase is scheduled to be completed by the first quarter of 2013 and is expected to inject 600 megawatts to the national grid.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/27/news13.asp
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