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Power Plant
Samanalawewa hydroelectric plant
22nd-largest power plant in Sri Lanka of 30 · top 80% worldwide (#23,706 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Ceylon Electricity Board
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 120 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 1992
Comparable power plants · Sri Lanka · 30 ranked
- #1Lakvijaya Power Plant900 MW · coal
- #20Randenigala hydroelectric plant122 MW · hydro
- #21Kelanitissa power station120 MW · oil
- #22Samanalawewa hydroelectric plant120 MW · hydro
- #23Uma Oya hydroelectric plant120 MW · hydro
- #24Ace Embilipitiya power station105 MW · oil
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Samanalawewa reservoir solar farm2.2 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · solar
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)