Status Abandoned Nameplate capacity 500 MW | Units under const. 2 × 250 MW Construction cost 350 million USD | |
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Similar Lakvijaya Power Station, Yugadanavi Power Station, Sapugaskanda Power Station, Uthuru Janani Power St, Laxapana Dam | ||
The Sampur Power Station (also known as Sampoor Power Station and Trincomalee Power Station) was a proposed coal-fired power station which was planned to build in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The name "Sam+pur" is said to have originated from "Sama-pura", which means city of peace.
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 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. 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.
However the construction of the power plant was delayed for ten years by various circumstances and in September 2016 the Sri Lankan Supreme Court was informed that the proposed coal power plant would not be constructed in Sampur by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy as a Fundamental Rights application, filed in May 2016 by an environmental organization.
Demonstration against sampur power station
