The Colombo South Waste Processing Facility (also referred to as the Karadiyana W2E Project or Karadiyana Power Station) is a
municipal solid waste
Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the American English, United States and rubbish in British English, Britain, is a List of waste types, waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. ...
-fired
thermal power station
A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...
currently under construction at a site in
Karadiyana,
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, ...
. Together with the
KCHT Power Station, it is one of two projects that won the bid by the
Urban Development Authority,
from a pool of 121 bidders. Construction of the facility began on 23 August 2017
with a completion slated for mid-2019. The estimated cost of the project is approximately .
The power station will be operated by , a subsidiary of the . It will use of waste, with the generated power sold to the state-owned
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 ...
at a rate of generated. The residual
bottom ash
Bottom ash is part of the non- combustible residue of combustion in a power plant, boiler, furnace, or incinerator. In an industrial context, it has traditionally referred to coal combustion and comprises traces of combustibles embedded in for ...
from the process will be used for
road construction
A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved.
The ...
and other uses, while the unusable
fly ash
Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are byproducts of burning coal. They are categorized in four groups, each based on physical and chemical forms derived from coal combust ...
(amounting to 2%) will be disposed of at predesignated locations.
See also
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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 ...
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Muthurajawela wetlands
Muthurajawela is a marsh in Sri Lanka in the southern region of the Negombo lagoon, north of Colombo. The Muthurajawela Marshes are in area and the country's largest saline coastal peat bog. The marsh is notable for its unique and highly diverse ...
References
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Fossil fuel power stations in Sri Lanka
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