Sri Lanka has issued tenders choosing India over China for power projects near Jaffna, shortly after President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s New Delhi trip.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) recently called for tenders to execute the hybrid power projects in three northern islands of Sri Lanka using a grant of $12 million from India, according to Colombo-based sources.
In January 2021, Sri Lanka had awarded the contract to Chinese firm Sinosar-Etechwin to install a hybrid renewable energy system in Nainativu, Delft or Neduntheevu and Analaitivu islands off the coast of Jaffna, which was later scrapped. But the tender for projects using Indian grants was only issued recently.
