Tamil Guardian
Sri Lanka plans new solar pricing as renewables push expands on Tamil land
Sri Lanka plans new solar pricing as renewables push expands on Tamil land by Thara Wed, 28/10/2026 - 14:40 Body The Sri Lankan energy minister Anura Karunathilaka. File photograph Sri Lanka plans to change how it pays households and businesses for rooftop solar power, the Sri Lankan energy minister Anura Karunathilaka has said, as the government pushes ahead with a renewable energy expansion that has met resistance from Tamils whose land and coast have been taken for wind and solar projects. Karunathilaka said existing arrangements, under which private solar producers feed surplus electricit…