The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
The Hon. Kumara Jayakody explained that comparisons between diesel-based peaker plants and solar power must account for dispatch timing and storage needs. He stated that expensive thermal peakers are not used during the day unless required, while daytime solar cannot serve night demand without storage, which adds cost, making simple per-unit cost comparisons misleading.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thermal (diesel-based peakers) is expensive, but we do not dispatch those during daytime if not needed. Daytime solar cannot be used at night without storage, and storing increases cost. Hence a simple per-unit comparison is not like-for-like.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 21 August 2025 ·No. 1757391500023637 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 August 2025. No. 1757391500023637. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22573