Sampur Power Station

Sampur Power Station
Location of Sampur Power Station in Sri Lanka
Country Sri Lanka
Location Sampur, Trincomalee
Coordinates 08°29′10″N 81°18′00″E / 8.48611°N 81.30000°E / 8.48611; 81.30000Coordinates: 08°29′10″N 81°18′00″E / 8.48611°N 81.30000°E / 8.48611; 81.30000
Status Under construction
Construction began 2008
Commission date 2017
Construction cost US$350 million
Owner(s) CEB, NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units under const. 2 × 250 MW
Nameplate capacity 500 MW

The Sampur Power Station (also known as Sampoor Power Station and Trincomalee Power Station) is a coal-fired power station currently under construction in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.[1] The name "Sam+pur" is said to have originated from "Sama-pura", which means city of peace.[2] The MoU for the first 500 MW phase was signed on 29 December 2006, between the Government of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Thermal Power Corporation.[1] The Power Purchase Agreement, Implementation Agreement, BOI Agreement, Land Lease Agreement and Coal Supply Agreement were signed on 7 October 2013 by relevant parties including the Government of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Trincomalee Power Company Limited.[3] The power station is expected to come online in late 2017.[4]

Last coal plant

The Government of Sri Lanka has agreed that, after the commissioning of this power station, no more coal-fired power stations will be commissioned in Sri Lanka.[5] Making this, and the Norocholai Coal Power Station, the only two coal-fired power stations in Sri Lanka.

The Trincomalee Bay, close to where the power station is being built.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ministry of Power and Energy Projects (PDF), retrieved 2010-08-09
  2. ↑ Medhananda, Place-names in Eastern of Sri Lanka (in Sinhla), Dayavamsa Jayakody Publsihers, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2000
  3. ↑ "Sampoor Coal Power Plant (2x250 MW)". Ministry of Power and Energy of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sampoor Coal Power Plant". Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ↑ No more coal plants, retrieved 2010-08-08
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