Sampur Power Station

Sampur Power Station
Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Sampur
Coordinates	8°29′10″N 81°18′00″E
Status	Cancelled
Operators	CEB NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units cancelled	2 × 250 MW
Nameplate capacity	500 MW

The Sampur Power Station (also called Trincomalee Coal Power Plant or TCPP) was a proposed coal-fired power station that was planned to be built in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

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^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

However the construction of the power station was delayed for ten years by various issues including licensing.^[4] In September 2016, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court was informed by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy that the proposed coal power station would not be constructed in Sampur, after a Fundamental Rights application was filed in May 2016 by an environmental organization.^[5][6]

See also

• Energy in Sri Lanka
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

References

1. Ministry of Power and Energy Projects (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-11, retrieved 2010-08-09
2. "Sampoor Coal Power Plant (2x250 MW)". Ministry of Power and Energy of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. No more coal plants, retrieved 2010-08-08^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Opinion: Sampur Coal Power Plant, how did it get environmental clearance?". Lanka Business Online. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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.