Engineers: Sampur project a sell-out July 6, 2014, 10:43 pm By Ifham Nizam Plans are now underway to have Indian equipment at the country’s proposed second coal-fired power plant complex in Sampur, Trincomalee in contravention of earlier terms and conditions which stipulated international open bidding, according to a senior official. He said the Indian company would not be able to have its way if the engineers stood firm. Pointing out that India already had 250MW plants, another engineers said, They can easily dump two plants from their existing stock. That was why, he added, former Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka had opposed the terms and conditions as proposed by the Indian firm. CEB Chairman, W. B. Ganegala, contacted for comment, told The Island that they were still in the process of looking at specifications which would be scrutinized by engineers when the documents were ready. Recently, Power and Energy Ministry Secretary M. M. C. Ferdinando urged the CEB Chairman and General Manager Shavindranath Fernando and its Board of management not to delay the construction of the 500MW coal power plant in Sampur.Ganegala said the CEB had to tread cautiously as there were some concerns and both sides had to agree on terms and conditions. They had waited till the consultancy agreement was signed and the next stage was to discuss the initial payments, he said. Sri Lanka’s second coal-fired power complex will be implemented as a joint venture between the CEB and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India. The Joint Venture Company was incorporated as Trincomalee Power Company Limited on September 6, 2011. Trincomalee Power Company Limited is responsible for implementation and operation of the 2 X 250MW coal power plants in Sampur. The total estimated cost of the project would be USD 512 Million. It will comprise two 250 MW generators whose power will be transmitted to the national grid through high voltage transmission lines from Sampur through Habarana to the Veyangoda Grid Substations. Power Purchase Agreement, Implementation Agreement, BOI Agreement, Land Lease Agreement and Coal Supply Agreement were signed on October 7, 2013 by relevant parties including the government of Sri Lanka, the CEB and the Joint Venture Company. The project is expected to be commissioned before end of 2017. island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=106366
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