Ace Embilipitiya Power Station

6°17′06″N 80°50′56″E / 6.285°N 80.8489°E / 6.285; 80.8489StatusOperationalCommission dateConstruction costOwner(s)Operator(s)Thermal power station Primary fuelSite areaPower generation Units operational14 × 7.11 MWMake and modelCAT 16CM32C (14)Nameplate capacity

The Ace Embilipitiya Power Station (also sometimes referred to as the Embilipitiya Power Station) is a 100 MW thermal power station in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. The heavy fuel oil-run power station was commissioned in March 2005, and was operated by Aitken Spence (sometimes shortened to Ace). The power station consisted of fourteen Caterpillar 16CM32C generation units of 7.11 MW each, which consumed approximately 550 tonnes of fuel oil per day. The Ministry of Power and Energy discontinued purchasing power from the private power station after its license expired in 2015, and hence was subsequently decommissioned.^[1][2]

In March 2016 Ceylon Electricity Board decided to recommission the plant due to high electricity demand in the country.^[3] The facility cost approximately Rs. 8 billion to develop, and is built on a 44-acre (18 ha) land on a 33-year lease.^[1][4]

See also

• Heladhanavi Power Station
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

References

External links

• "HNB leads landmark financing deal of US$ 88 million". The Sunday Leader. 10 August 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
• "SL mulls discontinuing private sector-generated power deals". The Sunday Times. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
• "Aitken Spence puts two thermal power plants up for sale". The Daily Mirror. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
• "Due Diligence Study on ACE Power Embilipitiya 100 MW Diesel Power Plant". RMA Energy Consultants. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
• "ACE Power Embilipitiya Oil Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 7 November 2015.