Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has received a bid for 4.88 cents a kilowatt hour for a 50 MegaWatt wind power plant in Mannar from Windforce Plc, industry sources said.
Vidullanka, Universal Energy and Square Mech, has made a bid for 4.98 US cents a unit.
Lakdhanavi Limited had made a b id for 5.90 cents.
The 4.88 cents works out to around 14.80 rupees a unit at 305 rupees a US dollar.
Mannar has high winds giving high plant factor in excess 40 percent, based on the performance of CEB’s existing plant.
The bids were opened on June 26, in the presence of representatives of power companies.
The opening of the bids was originally scheduled for May.
However, the opening of the bids was delayed amid objections from the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, opposition legislator Kabir Hashim said in parliament.