Sri Lanka, March 15 -- The Power and Energy Ministry along with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will call for proposals on International Competitive Bidding (ICB) for a 50 MW wind farm facility in Mannar. Accordingly, the ministry and the ICB call for suitable developers with the financial and technical ability to develop a 50 MW wind farm facility in Mannar on a Build, Own and Operate (BOO) basis.

This move is with the government's national policy to add more sustainable energy to the national grid, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.

He said the deadline to submit the relevant proposal will be May 9 after which the proposals will be opened at the office of the CEB Renewable Energy Procurement and Performance Monitor...