Upper Kotmale hydropower plant in full swing

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday ceremonially declared open the country’s last mass scale power plant, the Upper Kotmale Hydropower Plant with the participation of the Japanese Ambassador Nobihito Hobo. The US$ 450 million hydropower plant was constructed with the assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The Government contributed Rs. 8.5 billion to the project. The run of river hydropower project consisting of two units of 75 MW will add 150 MW to the national power grid to produce 409GWh energy per year. The first unit commenced operations in March this year. Construction work on the Upper Kotmale Hydropower Plant was launched in March 2006 after decades of delays

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