Sri Lanka to use Qatar LNG for power plants

• 7 years ago (2016-11-21)
• David Flin

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Rauff Hakeen, Sri Lanka’s Minister of City Planning and Water, said that Sri Lanka is keen to import LNG from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy.

He said: “We have already identified two 300 MW LNG power plants that we plan to rollout. We are now projecting our power requirements for the next 20 to 30 years. We need to quickly move on to some energy options which have less impact on the environment, and LNG is one of those options.”

Hakeem said that as a matter of policy, the Sri Lanka Government is now moving away from thermal power to LNG, adding that the country’s coal-fired power plants “have created a lot of environmental issues” for the local community.