Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Hon. Kumara Jayakody clarified that the Government is not reducing renewable energy generation in favour of fuel-based generation. He explained that solar power is available only during the day, while fuel generation may be used to meet minimum night-time demand when necessary. He stated that since taking office, the Government has not curtailed renewables to generate electricity from diesel or petroleum.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, two points arise. The first implies we will produce less from renewables and more from fuel—that is not the case. To be clear, solar produces in daytime only. If needed, fuel generation meets minimum night demand. They do not conflict; it depends on source availability. We have no objective or practice of cutting renewables to generate from diesel or petroleum. Since assuming office, we have not done such a thing.
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