A Road Map for an Energy Independent Sri Lanka by 2030 – a Paper Presented by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe
a Paper presented by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe at IESL (Institute of Engineers), Vidya Mawatha, Wijerama Road, Colombo 07 on 18th October 2019.
The independence of our energy sources is an urgent national imperative. “Sri Lanka Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge Based Economy 2015-2025” was published by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy a few years ago.
These are very laudable and for Sri Lanka imminently achievable goals, addressing the energy sector in a border perspective. Thus maximizing the contribution of indigenous resources, technology and skills is equally important as exemplified by the “Pro-sumer Concept“ where the consumer also become a power producer (pro-sumer explanation).
Energy needs are not limited to electricity. However, growing evidence points to electricity being the major source of energy in the near future serving many sectors including transport, supported by advances in technologies and diminishing cost trends in the world. Sri Lanka has every opportunity to benefit from these trends.
Thus, a well thought out road map covering not only the technological aspects, but policy, public awareness, social issues and certainly the economic aspects is an urgent need. This paper provides some background and proposals for such a road map leading to the goal of Sri Lanka with 100% renewable energy for most sectors by the year 2030 or earlier.
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A Road Map for an energy independent Sri Lanka by 2030
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