The Sri Lanka Ports Authority has allocated 43 hectares of land in Kappalthure, Trincomalee, for a 20-megawatt solar power project. This initiative supports the national goal of increasing the country's renewable energy to 70% by 2030. The land, leased for thirty years, is expected to generate an income of 1.75 million rupees per month.

The agreement was signed between the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and the ‘Sun Scape’ Project Company, a subsidiary of the Sri Lankan firm ‘Selex Renewables,’ 24 July at the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Auditorium.  

After signing this agreement, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva stated that: The National Energy Policy of the current Government has accepted that renewable energy should be produced as a solution to the electricity crisis in Sri Lanka.

 Accordingly, he said that by the year 2030, 70% of the energy required by Sri Lanka is expected to be obtained from renewable sources.  The minister said that the process of selecting the lands owned by my ministry and the Port Authority, which cannot be used for other purposes and giving them to the investors, has started.                               

The Minister said that under the programme, 43 hectares of land in the Kappalthura area owned by the Trincomalee Port has been given to a Sri Lankan company on a thirty-year lease basis, which will generate an income of 1.75 million rupees per month to the Port Authority and will be able to make a special contribution to the national economy.

The event took place with the initiative of  Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva. SLPA Chairperson Keith D. Bernard, Managing Director Prabath Malavige, Selex Renewables CEO Sameera Ganegoda, and several other officials also attended.