Ace Embilipitiya Power Station

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]

Embilipitiya Power Station
Country
Coordinates6°17′06″N 80°50′56″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 6 April 2005
Construction cost
  • 8,000 million Rs (2005)
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
  • Ace Power Embilipitiya
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Site area
  • 44 acres (18 ha)
Power generation
Units operational14 × 7.11 MW
Make and modelCAT 16CM32C (14)
Nameplate capacity
  • 100 MW

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

References
  1. Jayakody, Jayasri (15 August 2011). "Mulls plants in Bangladesh, Indonesia: Ace Power to venture overseas". Daily News. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. "We decided to close down 03 thermal power generation plants that supplied electricity to the Ceylon Electricity Board". Ministry of Power and Energy. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. Pradeep, Chaturanga (31 March 2016). "CEB to buy power from ACE". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. "Diesel and Gas-Engine Power Plants in Sri Lanka". Industcards.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


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