Northern Power Station (Sri Lanka)

This article is about the power station in Chunnakam operated by the Northern Power Company. For the former power station in Chunnakam operated by the Ceylon Electricity Board, see Chunnakam Power Station. For new Chunnakam power station operated by the Ceylon Electricity Board, see Uthuru Janani Power Station. For the former power station in Chunnakam operated by the Aggreko, see Aggreko Power Station.

Northern Power Station

Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Chunnakam
Coordinates	9°44′19″N 80°02′04″E / 9.7386°N 80.0344°E / 9.7386; 80.0344
Status	Operational
Commission date	2009
Construction cost	$35 million (2009)
Operator	Northern Power Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Fuel oil
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	36 MW
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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. During its operations, the power plant had faced a number of legal cases due to the alleged contamination of water resources in the region.

References

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

External links

"Northern Lights". Lanka Business Online. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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