A closer look at Sampur coal power plant

By Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe-June 8, 2015, 12:00 pm 

parajayasinghe@gmail.com

It is encouraging that my article questioning the need for the proposed Sampur coal power plant, which appeared in the Island newspaper on the 27th May 2015, has evoked considerable interest and discussion. It is also interesting that a letter to the editor from Eng Jayantha Ranatunga also appeared in the letters to the editor column of the Island on the same date under the heading " Solar roof top systems - another view". While Eng Ranatunga would not have had any inkling of my article and the my proposal coincidentally based on the use of roof top solar PV systems as the alternative to the proposed Sampur Coal power plant, there has been much email traffic on both topics. This debate was also fueled by the very well presented case for Roof top solar as a viable source of energy, titled "Business Plans To Encourage Solar Electricity" published by Prof Kumar David, based on the scenario in California, which appeared in the Colombo Telegraph of 24th May 2015.

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