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Sri Lanka to decide on converting thermal power plants into LNG plants
17 November 2010: The Sri Lanka Government is likely to decide soon on the option of converting all thermal power plants in the country into those run on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
The conversion will affect 800MWs of electricity that is currently generated through thermal power. It will be cost effective and will also be environmentally friendly.
LNG has to be compressed to be transported and has to then be transformed to a liquid gas to be used in the plant. Also, the government needs to decide on whether the country should opt for a fixed or floating LNG terminal. Constructing a fixed terminal will take time while the floating option could be initiated almost immediately.
As for preparing the plants to accommodate LNG, the existing thermal power plants are dual fuel and therefore the switch will be possible by simply changing the nozzles.
Source: Colombopage