Sri Lanka, March 1 -- Generating electricity using semi-transparent solar panels on tea plantations has achieved successful results.

Peradeniya University's Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department's Senior Professor Janaka Ekanayake said that this project implemented on 800 square meters in a tea estate adjacent to the Hanthana Research and Training Center, can generate about 100 megawatts of electricity per year. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Power and Energy Ministry (MOPE) and the Plantation Industries Ministry (MOPI) jointly inaugurated Sri Lanka's first semi-transparent solar-powered agriculture-integrated pilot project yesterday (29) under the patronage of State Minister Lohan Ratwatte.

The Asian Development Bank ...