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 Date: 2017-08-22   Answered 

1607/2017: USE OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION: DETAILS

1607/’17

Hon. (Prof.) Ashu Marasinghe – To ask the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy,—

(a) Will he inform this House—

(i) whether the government has taken a decision to use Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to generate electricity in Sri Lanka;

(ii) whether he is aware that so far there is no possibility of using natural gas produced in Sri Lanka for commercial use;

(iii) if so, the plan the government has for importing and storing liquefied Natural Gas required for generating electricity;

(iv) if not, whether it is a process of constructing power plants in which electricity is produced out of diesel that the government is doing, in the guise of introducing liquid Natural Gas; and

(v) if such a risky situation prevails, why doesn’t the government take steps to promote renewable energy?

(b) If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2017-08-22

Asked by

Hon. (Prof.) Ashu Marasinghe, M.P.

Ministry

Power and Renewable Energy

Legislature

Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

First Session

Question History

Answer

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Answered Date

2017-08-22

Answered by

Hon. Ajith P. Perera, M.P.





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