With rising inflation, shaky public finances and COVID-19 ravaging the economy, Sri Lanka is experiencing one of its worst economic crises in decades. With no oil to run heat generators, the state-owned energy monopoly announced it was imposing a 10-hour power cut per day, up from seven hours of blackout per day since early April.
This means that private households are also forced to look for a partial, alternative energy supply.
The solar power plants on the roofs spread across the island make an important contribution to the balance of the energy system.
Our project benefits everyone because consumers and producers are close to each other and transmission and distribution losses are low. The foreign exchange spent on fossil fuels is reduced by the free supply of solar energy, helping to sustain the economy for a better future.
- Providing solar panels for farmers’ houses.
- Providing solar energy to farmers as they currently use electricity to pump water for cultivation.
- Providing solar power to hospitals in rural areas that are heavily dependent on electricity.
- Providing solar power to preschools and other educational institutions.