Sri Lanka's fuel and power crunch highlights patchy progress on goals to increase renewable energy use to 70% from the current 20% by 2030.
Long before the crisis struck, the sun-drenched country had laid out plans to ramp up clean energy use, and boost production to make it more accessible and affordable.
By the end of 2023, it aims to produce 2,000 megawatts – or about 12 times the energy used in New York’s Times Square per year – from solar, and has already scrapped plans for two coal power plants over pollution concerns.But a national audit presented in parliament in February found the state-owned utility provider Ceylon Electricity Board had failed to prioritize renewable energy, describing it as a violation of national policy and international pledges.
He cited contradictions in 2014 legislation about renewable energy that need to be amended, and said the country could not yet afford to increase the costs of power generation to cover upfront investments in clean energy. “It takes at least six to seven years to complete a solar or wind power plant through government-approved procurement processes,” said Tilak Siyambalapitiya, a former CEB engineer and international energy expert.
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