Installed Renewable Energy Capacity
Key Players
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Ministry of Power and Energy
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Ceylon Electricity Board
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Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority
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Board of Investments
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Central Environment Authority
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Ministry of Finance
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National Energy Policy and Strategies of Sri Lanka
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Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge-based Economy (2015-2025)
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Long Term Generation Expansion Plan 2018-2037
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Battle for Solar Programme I (SooryaBalaSangramaya I)
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RiviAruna Project
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Solar resource maps
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IRENA: Sri Lanka database
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UNIDO: Open Data Platform
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Asian Development Bank: Assessments of Sri Lanka's Power Sector
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Website on SooryaBalaSangramaya project to develop solar PV in households
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Video on a 10 MW Solar PV Plant in Plonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka
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Potentials in the Sri Lankan "Battle of Solar" Programme and the Roof Top Initiative: Laugfs Holdings
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Key Economic Indicators
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GDP (current)USD 87.36 Billionin 2017
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GDP growth rate (current)3.31%in 2017
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WB Ease of doing business rank100in 2018
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Foreign direct investmentUSD 1374.89 Millionin 2017
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Lending interest rate to private sector11.57%in 2017
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Domestic Credit to Private SectorNAin 2017
Key Energy Indicators
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Electric power consumption per capita531.09 kWhin 2014
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Share of electricity from RE in grid48.48%in 2015
Sovereign Credit Rating
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Standard & Poor'sB
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Moody'sB2
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FitchB
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