Does Sri Lanka have a Xiang Xiang New Energy station

Moreover, Sri Lanka has also identified the potential for wind, bioenergy, and solar as alternative energy sources in the past two decades. However, the current contribution from these three renewable sources in comparison to hydroelectricity remains significantly low.

Sri Lanka's history of using wind power dates back to the 3rd century B.C. and as showcased in Fig. 2 the country currently boasts over 5000 km 2 of windy areas that are considered to have excellent wind resource potential areas (Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Ministry of Power and Energy, 2019).

Given the potential for this resource, the Sri Lankan government is planning to launch an expedited and comprehensive action plan and island-wide implementation which may allow the country to achieve its ambitious goal of establishing 105 MW of biomass power plants by 2030 (Asian Development Bank, 2019).

The wind power sector of Sri Lanka saw its first activity in the year 1988 as research was conducted to establish a pilot wind project in the Southern Province (Juleff, 1996). Out of the many renewable energy options present, wind power is often considered the most economically viable and environmentally friendly source for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's energy policies and strategies strongly focus on developing conventional and nonconventional renewable energy sources for generating power. Promoting domestic energy resources has become one of the main policy components in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is an island nation that has a coast of 1340 km in length which provides the potential to have ocean wave power as an additional energy resource to the overall power generation in the country (Jayarathne, 2012).