Sampur Power Station
Cancelled coal-fired power station
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The Sampur Power Station (also called Trincomalee Coal Power Plant or TCPP) was a proposed coal-fired power station that was planned to be built in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
| Sampur Power Station | |
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | 8°29′10″N 81°18′00″E |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Operators | |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | |
| Power generation | |
| Units cancelled | 2 × 250 MW |
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The MoU for the first 500 MW phase was signed on 29 December 2006, between the Government of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Thermal Power Corporation[1] India. The Power Purchase Agreement, Implementation Agreement, BOI Agreement, Land Lease Agreement and Coal Supply Agreement were signed on 7 October 2013 by relevant parties including the Government of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Trincomalee Power Company Limited.[2] The Government of Sri Lanka had agreed that, after the commissioning of this power station, no more coal-fired power stations will be commissioned in Sri Lanka.[3]
However the construction of the power station was delayed for ten years by various issues including licensing.[4] In September 2016, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court was informed by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy that the proposed coal power station would not be constructed in Sampur, after a Fundamental Rights application was filed in May 2016 by an environmental organization.[5][6]