Northern Power Station (Sri Lanka)

Northern Power Station
Map
Country
Location
Coordinates9°44′19″N 80°02′04″E / 9.7386°N 80.0344°E / 9.7386; 80.0344
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2009
Construction cost
  • $35 million (2009)
  • Northern Power Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 36 MW

The Northern Power Station, is a 36 MW fuel-oil burning power station built in Chunnakam, Jaffna District, in Sri Lanka. The power station was built after the Northern Power company won a Ceylon Electricity Board tender to urgently set up a power station in the region in response to the 1990s/2000s power crisis.[1] During its operations, the power plant had faced a number of legal cases due to the alleged contamination of water resources in the region.[2]

  1. ^ Sirimane, Shirajiv (7 June 2009). "Lights for entire Jaffna Peninsula: 36MW power plant set up in Chunnakam". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Jaffna-Chunnakam Northern Power plant reopens". Daily FT. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.