JLanka makes foray into international business

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Sri Lanka’s foremost renewable energy and technology solutions provider, JLanka Technologies, has officially inaugurated its first international business entity, JLanka international, based out of Bahrain, to serve the GCC and wider Middle Eastern market.

In commencing operations in the region, JLanka was commissioned to conduct an exclusive training program in Bahrain in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Bahrain, along with the country’s Sustainable Energy Unit (SEU) and the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) to train and certify solar PV installers. JLanka has also been commissioned for a comprehensive survey of government buildings in Bahrain for solar energy potential for an upcoming tender-based feed-in-tariff (FiT) program.

“We are excited about the opportunity of knowledge sharing and enormous potential for our solar and pioneering renewable energy and technology solutions in Bahrain, the Gulf region and the Middle East,” commented JLanka Chief Operating Officer Jayantha Jayamanna.

“Our proven expertise and established operation has led to JLanka’s global acceptance as industry leaders, where we were awarded two projects through an international, competitive bidding process. Equally important is the fact that both these projects are long-term agreements (LTAs) signed with UNDP Bahrain, which further cements JLanka’s continued presence and collaboration in the region.”

The JLanka leadership team including Jayamanna, on a visit to Bahrain, met with Bahraini Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza as well as Bahrain’s UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Amin El Sharkawi. The company was lauded for its valuable contributions in the field of renewable energy and technology solutions, attested by highly successful solar projects, energy management and efficiency systems and its own R&D capability with a footprint in a number of countries around the world.

JLanka’s significant research and development capacity in renewable energy and technology solutions, installation and management was commended by Bahrain authorities, along with the company’s approach for industry advancement via knowledge dissemination, leading to their collaboration with the UNDP Country Office and Ministry of Electricity and Water Affairs of Bahrain.

Sharkawi also highlighted the important role JLanka will play in Bahrain’s alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially in promoting Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy for All.

The training workshop, scheduled to be held in June, is organised by the Ministry of Electricity and Water Affairs of Bahrain in cooperation with the country’s Sustainable Energy Unit, a Government-UNDP established unit for forming strategies, policies and legislations, and for stimulating initiatives and investment projects that promote energy efficiency and widening the share of the production of energy from renewable sources.

The strategy of implementing and encouraging the use of renewable energy in Bahrain, based on the Government’s progressive interests in achieving sustainable development, is one of the steps that Bahrain is pursuing to achieve national goals related to renewable energy and energy efficiency across the country.