Norochcholai Coal Power Plant Norochcholai Coal Power Plant , formally known as Lakvijaya Power Station (Sinhala: නොරොච්චෝලෙ ගල් අඟුරු බලාගාරය, ලක් විජය බලාගාරය; Tamil: நுரைச்சோலை அனல்மின் நிலையம்), is located in the village of Narakkalli and Penaiyadi near Norochcholai in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka. Commenced in 2007, the plant was constructed in 3 phases and completed by 2014, with a total power generation of 900 MW. It is the country’s largest coal-power-based energy generator to date (Jayaratne et al., 2018). History Coal-fired power generation The concept of coal-fired power generation in Sri Lanka was first initiated in the mid-1980s and the first coal-fired power plant of 300 MW was proposed to build in Trincomalee by 1992 (Jayarathna, 2015). However, this project did not succeed due to public protest on the perceived impacts on the environment and the lifestyles of people in the area (Jayarathna, 2015). Thereafter, a site in the south of the country at Mawella was proposed for the plant, but that too was ab…
