Publication: Sri Lanka : Environmental Iissues in the Power Sector

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2010-05
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2010-05
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This paper describes the study undertaken to assist the government of Sri Lanka in identifying a path toward sustainable power development. The timing of the report is important, as Sri Lanka is about to embark on the development of coal-fired power plants over the coming years. The purpose of this study is to determine how much cheaper coal-fired generation is than other energy sources; how much more environmentally friendly are the alternatives; what impacts would be more environmentally friendly; and what effect would the policies have on power sector costs and electricity tariffs. The report seeks to provide a quantitative analysis that will help decision-makers assess various power sector policy options in terms of the trade-offs between environment, costs, and other impacts. The study makes recommendations only if options are unambiguously winwin; but more often than not, tradeoffs are required, and ultimately the government must decide what it considers to be more important. A number of alternative policies and technologies were systematically analysed, and the report gives a brief description of each option.
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World Bank. 2010. Sri Lanka : Environmental Iissues in the Power Sector. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12877 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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