#Sri Lanka

If the water levels continue to rise around the Matara substation, the power will be disconnected from it.

Sri Lanka has awarded $5.1 M worth contracts to TBEA Shenyang Transformer Group Company Ltd, to supply equipment to the island’s power utility.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted $115 million loan to Sri Lanka to help the country achieve its goal of 100% electrification and improving power reliability.

Sri Lanka: Japanese technicians have conducted tests on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) transformers which exploded last week, and have sent samples to Japan for further tests, according to Colombo Gazette.

Sri Lanka: German transformer experts are due to arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday 21 March to inspect some 30 electrical transformers and recommend ways to prevent countrywide power failures after two identical transformers exploded and caught fire at Biyagama and Kotugoda substations last week, causing island-wide blackout.

Sri Lanka, Colombo: The Government of Japan will grant Sri Lanka a $200 million loan for the implementation of National Transmission and Distribution Network Development and Efficiency Improvement Project.

Nepal, Kathmandu: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has received the first delivery of 253 power transformers from LTL Holding of Sri Lanka under a contract signed for the purchase of 1,040 transformers.

Zurich, Switzerland: ABB has won an order worth about $40 million from Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to supply new 220 kV substations and upgrade an existing substation in Sri Lanka.