India Offers Solar Power instead of Coal Power in Trincomalee

The  Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power and Energy  informed  the country’s Supreme Court that it had decided to drop the plan to build a coal power plant in Sampur, Trincomalee, due to “serious environmental concerns”.  The Sri Lankan government said it was instead considering options such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), solar and wind power.

A month after Sri Lanka decided to scrap a coal power project   in Trincomalee,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought up the matter in his recent meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena in Goa, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.  Followed by this, India has offered to build a solar power plant in the port town of Trincomalee, .