ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN

PROMOTING NON CONVENTIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY (NCRE)

Manjula Perera

Director / CEO
Windforce (Pvt) Ltd

THE PAST WHAT WE HAVE

ACHIEVED

1st Grid Connected small hydro plant was developed by the private sector in year 1996 with the 0.96MW Dick-Oya Project.
Today we have reached 270MWs in small hydro, 90MWs in Wind and collectively over 365MWs . The private sector is contributing 6.3% of energy requirement of the country. Many developers have moved to African countries and have been quite successful.

No

Description

Project Type

No. of Projects

Capacity (MW)

01

Commissioned Projects

Mini Hydro Power Biomass-Agricultural & Industrial Waste Power

128 2

270.932 11.000 5.500 1.378

Biomass- Dendro Power Solar Power Wind Power

2 4

10
146 55 5 2

78.450
367.260 134.640 41.100 4.000 56.770 10.000

Total - Commissioned
02 Standardized Power Purchase Agreements (SPPA) Signed Projects Mini Hydro Power Wind Power Biomass-Agricultural & Industrial Waste Power

Biomass-Dendro Power Biomass-Municipal Solid Waste Total SPPA Signed

10 1

73

246.510

Annual Energy, GWh Contribution from NCRE Projects

THE PRESENT

We produce cheapest energy (except coal)

But no NCRE tariff since 1st January 2012 to date. Every year new authorities adding up to get approvals Around 50MWs of small hydro plants running & at construction stage without a tariff.

Plants which have completed 15 years of operation have closed down.

Some of the companies who started this industry is at the verge of closing down their operations. Latest : Payments stopped for NCRE

Comparison of NCRE Tariff with CEB Average Cost and Selling Price
26.00 24.00 22.00 20.00

Rs/kWh

18.00 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 2014 2015 2016 Year NCR Average Tariff CEB Average Selling Price Cost of HFO Plants 2017 2018

PROJECT APPROVAL LIST

No. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Approving Body Approval Type

Date Approved
23rd Oct 2008 10th Nov 2008

Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)

Provisional approval LOI

Grid Interconnection Proposal

Signing of SPPA Board of Investment (BOI) Approval - Agreement signing Provincial Environmental Authority (NWP) Environmental Clearance Bird Study Clearance Env. Protection License Coast Conservation Department Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)
Project Clearance Project Clearance Transmission Line clearance Generation License

09th July 2009

09th September 2009 08th Dec 2008 13th August 2009 18th March 2009 05th November 2009 09th July 2010 18th March 2009 21st May 2009 17th February 2010 23rd March 2010 13th July 2009 18th July 2009

Tax exemptions

Puttalam Pradeshiya Sabha

Construction Clearance Approval for Gravel Transport Land Clearance Industrial Zone Street, Building line certificate

06th August 2009

29th October 2009 07th July 2010 30th July 2009 10th August 2009 13th August 2009

19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

Survey Plans by Sri Lanka Survey Department Forest Department Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka

Land clearance Land clearance Air Clearance Land clearance Land clearance Land clearance Land clearance Energy Permit Land lease clearance Construction clearance Payment of Land Lease Procession of Land

Wildlife Department
Irrigation Department Agrarian Services Department Archaeological Department

20th August 2009

25th August 2009 27th August 2009 28th August 2009 01st September 2009 08th September 2009 10th September 2009 16th June 2010 16th June 2010 18th September 2009 22nd September 2009 23rd September 2009 17th November 2009 09th November 2009

Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA)

District Land Using Committee

Divisional Secretariat, Puttalam

Urban Development Authority Provincial Land Commissioner Provincial Chief Minister Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order Road Development Authority Valuation Department Land Commissioners Department

Clearance Land lease clearance Land lease Clearance Transportation of Wind Turbines Valuation of Land for lease Signing of Land Lease

04th June 2010

24th June 2010

THE FUTURE

There is at least another 300MWs small hydro potential.

Wind potential is significant. Wind farm concept. This is a natural resource of our country.

Policy : 15%by 2015, 20% by 2020, but no targets.

WHAT WE WANT One

long

Stop shop for approvals (SEA)

term low cost funding tariff

Reasonable Public Avoid

misconception on project profitability Political influences

Central

Bank Approval for foreign projects