LANKA PROJECT NEAR TAMIL NADU; CHINESE FIRM WINS CONTRACT

  • 08/02/2021

A Chinese company has attained a deal to set up hybrid wind and solar energy projects on three Sri Lankan islands off the northern Jaffna peninsula 45 km from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.

Reports say the US $12 million project was granted to Sinosar-Etechwin, and will be executed as a joint venture with the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board as part of the Sri Lankan government’s Supporting Electricity Supply Reliability Improvement Project.

Etechwin comes under the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind. The report stated that India had lodged a strong protest with the Sri Lankan government on the contract to the Chinese company days before the Sri Lankan government canceled the contract for the Eastern Container Terminal. There was no immediate explanation from the Ministry of External Affairs. The contract had been given after calling international bids and the Indian bid was not competitive.

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