September 3, 2024
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Sri Lanka’s largest utility service provider, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), is taking significant strides towards sustainability by adopting green energy solutions. In a notable initiative, the utility has chosen Regen Renewables (Pvt) Ltd. as the provider for the supply and commissioning of a Solar PV System at its Head Office building in Colombo. The project, […]

August 5, 2024
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In a significant development for Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has refused an early hearing on petitions challenging the Adani Group’s wind power projects in the country. The Court, citing the project’s national importance to the economy and energy sustainability, has appointed a fuller five-member senior bench to hear […]

May 9, 2022
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        With the recent successful completion of the nation’s first comprehensive grid tied renewable energy microgrid project at the University of Moratuwa (UOM), DIMO, a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka, is now well equipped to implement microgrid systems for the local industries to ensure an uninterrupted power supply. DIMO will also provide microgrid services […]

April 6, 2022
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      The former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources will lead discussions around energy security in Africa and green energy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 5, 2022/APO Group/ — Frank Fannon, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources and current Managing Director of energy consultancy firm, Fannon Global […]

April 15, 2021
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    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 15 April: The fourth edition of Green Energy Champion Sri Lanka kickstarts today and invites all energy innovators from across the island for a chance to gain exclusive access to an advanced business accelerator program (Green Energy Champion Accelerator 2021), which will further prepare them for exciting local and international partnerships […]

February 8, 2021
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February 8th 2021, Colombo: Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd. (CCBSL) successfully installed one of the largest single location rooftop solar projects in Sri Lanka at its facility in Biyagama, as part of the company’s pledge towards sourcing renewable energy, and combatting climate change through the reduction of its carbon footprint by approximately 1.94Mt per annum. […]

October 7, 2020
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The ‘Green Energy Champion 2019 Sri Lanka’ competition identifying and recognising successful innovative approaches towards renewable energy conducted island-wide, concluded on a successful note recently. The Green Energy Champion 2019 (GEC) Sri Lanka competition was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Sri Lanka […]

October 30, 2017
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Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA) judged Sri Lanka’s Green Energy Champion 2017 It was no easy decision the jury comprising His Excellency Jörn Rohde German Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, D.D. Amarathunga, Additional Secretary from the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy and representatives of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) […]


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