NTPC JV setting up 50 MW solar project in Sri LankaNTPC is setting up a 50 MW solar project in Sri Lanka through a joint venture with Ceylon Electricity Board. The project, named Trincomalee...
21 Jan, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
India keen to speed up power grid link talks with Sri LankaIndia is actively pursuing discussions with Sri Lanka to establish a power grid link, focusing on renewable energy for electricity trading....
28 Jun, 2024, 12.21 AM IST
India, Lanka joint panel meet to take grid connectivity furtherThe two countries have been planning to connect their grid to trade power for almost two decades, but the deliberations have picked up pace...
08 Feb, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
India offers to supply LNG to Sri Lankan power plants - Sri Lanka minister"In the efforts to expedite the process to generate power from LNG the Government of India has proposed an interim solution from Petronet L...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
India, Sri Lanka renew bid to link power gridsWork has started on updating a detailed project report for the connectivity either through overhead line or undersea cable in the sea porti...
09 Aug, 2023, 12.33 AM IST
Sri Lanka: Ceylon Electricity Board head quits; apologises after alleging Indian pressure over wind power projectThe top Sri Lankan official's resignation was announced by the Sri Lankan power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Twitter. He wrot...
14 Jun, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Adani group figures in Sri Lanka's parliamentary debate on electricity amendment billThe Opposition charged that an unsolicited government-to-government agreement to build a 500 MW wind power plant in the northern coast with...
09 Jun, 2022, 09.48 PM IST
IOC subsidiary to release 6,000 MT diesel to help ease power crisis in LankaA sudden rise in prices of key commodities and fuel shortage forced tens of thousands of people to queue for hours outside petrol filling s...
31 Mar, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
Massive power outage: Sri Lanka goes dark after nationwide power breakdownThe Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said the power disruption was due to a transmission failure at the Kerawalapitiya Grid Sub- Station. The...
17 Aug, 2020, 08.59 PM IST
ABB bags Rs 256-crore order in Sri LankaABB has bagged a contract worth Rs 256 crore from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to supply two 220 kV substations and upgrade an existi...
09 Jan, 2015, 07.58 PM IST
Alstom T&D India bags Rs 56 crore order from Sri LankaIt will build in Colombo a new National System Control Centre, equipped with supervisory control, data acquisition, and energy management s...
27 Nov, 2014, 03.22 PM IST
Power Grid seeks 'viable return' for India-Lanka undersea linkPower Grid Corporation is seeking a "viable return" for a proposed undersea transmission cable linking India and Sri Lanka, which has been ...
08 Sep, 2013, 12.14 PM IST
- NTPC to set up first overseas project in Lanka
The project to be set up at Sampur, Trincomalee would go on stream by 2016 and meet growing demand for power in Sri Lanka
06 Sep, 2011, 04.54 PM IST
- NTPC looking to revisit proposal for Nigeria venture
Talks on the revised proposal for NTPC to enter Nigeria are at a nascent stage and the size of the projects and other modalities are yet to...
13 Feb, 2011, 04.01 PM IST
- Ceylon is colonial
Ceylon tea is likely to be exempted from the Sri Lankan government's New Year resolution to eschew use of the old colonial name.
05 Jan, 2011, 03.15 AM IST
- NTPC to sign agreement for 1,000 MW coal power plant in Lanka
Indian power major NTPC is expected to sign a commercial agreement with the Sri Lankan power authorities next week to construct a 1,000 meg...
17 Sep, 2009, 03.34 PM IST
- Charged up: NTPC all set for maiden overseas foray
Power generation major NTPC is all set to take its first step overseas. NTPC will be setting up a 500mw coal-based plant in Sri Lanka.
30 Nov, 2006, 01.46 AM IST