Heladhanavi Power Station

Heladhanavi Power Station
Location of Heladhanavi Power Station
Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Puttalam
Coordinates	08°00′46″N 79°52′13″E / 8.01278°N 79.87028°E / 8.01278; 79.87028Coordinates: 08°00′46″N 79°52′13″E / 8.01278°N 79.87028°E / 8.01278; 79.87028
Status	Decommissioned
Commission date	August 2004
Decommission date	2015
Owner(s)	Hemas Holdings
Operator(s)	Heladhanavi Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Fuel oil
Power generation
Units decommissioned	6 × 17 MW
Nameplate capacity	100 MW

The Heladhanavi Power Station is a 100 MW thermal power station in Puttalam, Sri Lanka. The fuel oil-run power station was commissioned in August 2004, and was operated by Heladhanavi Limited, a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings. It was decommissioned in 2015 by request from the Ministry of Power and Energy. The power station consisted of six Wartsila 18V46 generation units of 17 MW each.^[1][2]

See also

• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

References

External links

• "Hemas Power boosts national supply". Sunday Observer. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2015. 
• Chandrasekera, Duruthu Edirimuni (13 September 2009). "Hemas Power to acquire more power projects". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 November 2015. 
• Chandrasekera, Duruthu Edirimuni (9 May 2010). "More listed firms gearing to launch power projects". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 November 2015. 
• "IUCN commences biodiversity study at Heladhanavi Power Station". Daily FT. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015. 
• "Hemas divests investment in power sector". Daily FT. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015. 
• "Heladhanavi Puttalam Oil Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 7 November 2015.