The Minister of Energy, Eng. Kumara Jayakody, made a side visit yesterday (25th) to inspect the land and look into the progress of the Siyabalanduwa “Rividhanavi” Solar Project, which is considered as the first ever large-scale national project implemented with a significant investment of USD 432 Million to integrate 100MW to the National Power Grid.
It is expected that this massive project, which is to be constructed on a large area of nearly 219 hectares situated in the Kotiyagala Grama Niladhari Division, Siyambalanduwa Divisional Secretariat of the Monaragala District, will contribute to reduce the atmospheric carbon emissions by 110 million kilograms per year.
Furthermore, this project is considered likely to assist in maintaining the stability of the National Power Grid, as it is equipped with a 12MWh Batter Energy Storage System facility.
The Minister was able to observe that preliminary works of the construction such as soil testing, land surveying and chain link fencing have already been carried and he also stated that the unresolved issued will be addressed soon with the necessary interventions.
Monaragala District MP Ajith Agalakada, the chairman of Sustainable Energy Authority Prof. Wijendra Bandara and a group of several other senior officials also participated in this visit.