Sampur Power Station

Sampur Power Station
Location of Sampur Power Station
Country Sri Lanka
Location Sampur, Trincomalee
Coordinates 08°29′10″N 81°18′00″E / 8.48611°N 81.30000°E / 8.48611; 81.30000Coordinates: 08°29′10″N 81°18′00″E / 8.48611°N 81.30000°E / 8.48611; 81.30000
Status Abandoned
Construction cost US$350 million
Owner(s) CEB, NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units under const. 2 × 250 MW
Nameplate capacity 500 MW

The Sampur Power Station (also known as Sampoor Power Station and Trincomalee Power Station) was a proposed coal-fired power station which was planned to build in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The name "Sam+pur" is said to have originated from "Sama-pura", which means city of peace.[1]

The MoU for the first 500 MW phase was signed on 29 December 2006, between the Government of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Thermal Power Corporation[2] India. The Power Purchase Agreement, Implementation Agreement, BOI Agreement, Land Lease Agreement and Coal Supply Agreement were signed on 7 October 2013 by relevant parties including the Government of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Trincomalee Power Company Limited.[3] The Government of Sri Lanka had agreed that, after the commissioning of this power station, no more coal-fired power stations will be commissioned in Sri Lanka.[4]

However the construction of the power plant was delayed for ten years by various circumstances and in September 2016 the Sri Lankan Supreme Court was informed that the proposed coal power plant would not be constructed in Sampur by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy as a Fundamental Rights application, filed in May 2016 by an environmental organization.[5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ Medhananda, Place-names in Eastern of Sri Lanka (in Sinhla), Dayavamsa Jayakody Publishers, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2000
  2. ↑ Ministry of Power and Energy Projects (PDF), retrieved 2010-08-09
  3. ↑ "Sampoor Coal Power Plant (2x250 MW)". Ministry of Power and Energy of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ No more coal plants, retrieved 2010-08-08
  5. ↑ "No coal power plant in Sampur: AG". Daily News. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "No coal power plant in Sampur - AG informs SC". Ada Derana. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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