Northern Power Station (Sri Lanka)

Northern Power Station
Country Sri Lanka
Location Chunnakam
Coordinates 09°44′19″N 80°02′04″E / 9.73861°N 80.03444°E / 9.73861; 80.03444Coordinates: 09°44′19″N 80°02′04″E / 9.73861°N 80.03444°E / 9.73861; 80.03444
Status Operational
Commission date 2009
Construction cost US$35 million
Operator(s) Northern Power Company Ltd
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Fuel oil
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 36 MW

The Northern Power Station, is a 36 MW fuel-oil burning power station built in Chunnakam, Jaffna District, in Sri Lanka. The power station was built after the Northern Power company won a Ceylon Electricity Board tender to urgently set up a power station in the region in response to the 1990s/2000s power crisis.[1] During its operations, the power plant had faced a number of legal cases due to the alleged contamination of water resources in the region.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sirimane, Shirajiv (7 June 2009). "Lights for entire Jaffna Peninsula: 36MW power plant set up in Chunnakam". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Jaffna-Chunnakam Northern Power plant reopens". Daily FT. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  • "Northern Lights". Lanka Business Online. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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