Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-03-19

Construction of a 100 MW of Floating Solar Power Plant in the Maduru Oya Reservoir

- The Cabinet of Ministers has granted its approval previously, to implement the construct of a 100 MW of floating solar power plant as an integrated project joint venture of the Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority, the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. Accordingly, the joint proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment and Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, the Minister of Power, Energy and Business Development, to establish a joint venture with the Canadian Solar Institute to implement the project as a storage project to store solar energy with the use of solar panels in accordance with the proposal made by the Canadian Government and to appoint a joint Working Committee to conduct negotiations in that regard,was approved by the Cabinet.