Lakdanavi wins Kerawalapitiya 300MW LNG power plant tender By Bandula Sirimanna View(s): View(s):After a string of bureaucratic hullabaloo in tender procedure, the much delayed Kerawalapitiya 300MW Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) power plant bid was recently awarded to Lakdanavi Ltd, the largest independent power producer in the country, a top bureaucrat divulged. The 18 month impasse in selecting a suitable bidder to build the 300MW Kerewalapitiya LNG Power Plant has ended marking a significant step forward for a new era of LNG power in Sri Lanka, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy Dr. Suren Batagoda said. Lakdanavi Ltd, a power plant construction and operation subsidiary of LTL Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), placed the lowest bid, he told the Business Times. 18 billion, he said adding that plans to build the power plant were suspended after detecting certain irregularities in the tender procedure to select the company to construct the plant. Sri Lanka has signed a tripartite MoU with India and Japan to conduct this feasibility study with the approval of the cabinet.

Source: Sunday Times April 21, 2018 19:03 UTC