The Asia Power Sapugaskanda Power Station (also sometimes referred to as Asia Power Station) is a thermal
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...
in
Sapugaskanda,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. Planning for the
fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil (bunker fuel), marine f ...
-run power station dated back to 1994, when the
Ceylon Electricity Board
The Ceylon Electricity Board - CEB (; ), was the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka. With a market share of nearly 100%, it controlled all major functions of electricity generation, transmission, distribution and retailing in Sri Lanka. I ...
issued a tender for an
IPP
IPP may refer to:
Organisations
* Independent power producer
* India Pride Project, recovering stolen Indian artefacts
* Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (Institute of Plant Protection), Italy
* Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, a ...
project for 50 megawatts. Construction of the plant began in 1996 and was commissioned in June 1998, with a
PPA of 20-years. The power station utilizes eight generating units.
See also
*
Sapugaskanda Power Station
The Sapugaskanda is a power station located in Sapugaskanda, adjacent to the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The power station consists of twelve generating units, supplied by MAN, and Siemens. Four of the unit ...
*
Lakdhanavi Power Station
*
List of power stations in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's electricity demand is currently met by nine thermal power stations, fifteen large hydroelectric power stations, and fifteen wind farms, with a smaller share from small hydro facilities and other renewables such as solar. Most hydroel ...
References
External links
*
Oil-fired power stations in Sri Lanka
Buildings and structures in Gampaha District
{{SriLanka-struct-stub