The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana
Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana asked the Prime Minister about the Government’s plans to expand renewable energy generation, particularly solar and wind, to reduce electricity generation costs. He sought details on targets, strategy, progress and funding for Battery Energy Storage Systems intended to support grid integration of renewable power, and asked how the technology would improve reliability, quality and affordability of electricity for consumers and industry.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 QUESTIONS POSED TO HON. PRIME MINISTER
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, my Question to the Hon. Prime Minister is as follows:
¶ 03 To minimize the cost of electricity generation in Sri Lanka, the country must rapidly transition to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. The previous Government took steps to introduce large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to overcome the technical constraint of “inability to store electricity,” which was an impediment when integrating this natural energy into the national grid.
¶ 04 1. What are the current Government’s targets and strategic plan to increase the share of renewable energy in total electricity generation in Sri Lanka?
¶ 05 2. What is the current progress of the project to install Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) intended to be introduced to absorb electricity generated from solar and wind without disrupting the main grid?
¶ 06 3. How has funding been secured, domestically or internationally, to introduce this battery system technology to Sri Lanka?
¶ 07 4. How will this new technological approach enable a reliable, quality electricity supply at lower cost to the public and industries in the future?
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Cite as: The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21408