Chunnakam Power Station
Chunnakam Power Station | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 9°44′30″N 80°02′03″E / 9.7417°N 80.0342°E |
Status | Decommissioned |
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Decommission date |
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Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | |
Power generation | |
Units decommissioned | 4 × 1 MW 5 × 2 MW |
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Chunnakam Power Station was a
History
Early history
In 1947 the Department of Industries in Ceylon agreed to meet the electricity demand of the
To meet the increased demand, a power station was established in
The Jaffna MV local network was connected to the national grid in 1973 via a 132kV
Civil war
Electricity supply, like much of the infrastructure in northern Sri Lanka, was affected by the
The Sri Lankan military re-captured much of the Jaffna peninsula, which had been under LTTE control since 1990, in 1995/96 and took over Chunnakam Power Station.
Post civil war
Following the end of the civil war in 2009 the Sri Lankan government started re-building the electricity infrastructure in northern Sri Lanka. A 73 km 132kV double circuit transmission line from
Plans were also drawn up, under the Northern Generation (Uthuru Janani) program, to replace the ageing plant at Chunnakam Power Station with a new plant consisting of three 8MW generators powered by heavy fuel oil 1500.[31][32] The contract for the construction of the new plant was awarded to Lakdhanavi, a subsidiary of CEB.[33] Lakdhanavi imported three 8.6MW generators for the project.[34] Construction of the Rs.3.5 billion plant began in April 2012 and was completed in January 2013.[35] The new plant, called the Uthuru Janani Power Station, was officially opened on 12 February 2013.[36][37]
Electricity generation
Year | Capacity (MW) |
Electricity generated (GWh) | |
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Target | Actual | ||
2008[38] | 8 | 10.00 | |
2011[39] | 8 | 3.05 | 6.62 |
2012[40] | 8 | 11.09 | 5.16 |
2013[41] | 8 | 5.90 | 0.30 |
Year | Capacity (MW) |
Electricity generated (GWh) | |
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Target | Actual | ||
2013[41] | 24 | 178.90 | 125.30 |
2014[42] | 24 | 170.00 | 96.00 |
Notes
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