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The Lakvijaya Power Station (also known as the Norocholai Power Station, after its location) is the largest power station in Sri Lanka. The power station is in Norocholai, Puttalam, on the southern end of the Kalpitiya Peninsula. Construction of the facility began on , with the first unit commissioning on . The first phase was completed and ceremonially commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on , with the presence of Minister of Energy Champika Ranawaka, deputy Minister of Energy Premalal Jayasekara. The former minister of Energy John Seneviratne could not attend as he was injured in a traffic accident on the way to the ceremony. According to the Ceylon Electricity Board, the generates nearly of electricity annually — a significant amount when compared to Sri Lanka's total production of in 2011. The plant is connected to the grid via 220-kilovolt transmission line to Veyangoda. Power station exhausts are emitted through a tall chimney, one of the country's tallest man-made structures.〔 During its pre-development stages, protests were launched by residents living at the project site, claiming that they were deceived by the government. == Incidents == * A large fire broke out on . According to the Ceylon Electricity Board, there were no casualties. The Ministry of Power and Energy commented that damages to the facility would be borne by the constructors and not the government or the developers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.twww.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=10322 )〕 * On , the power station ceased operations due to a leak in one of the thousands of tubes carrying water between the boiler. The country was put into controlled regional power outages to cope with the missing . * On , a tripping of the powerline from Lakvijaya caused the power station to cease operations. * The generation capacity of the power station exceeded its designed levels of on , causing a complete shutdown. The plant was reactivated a day later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lakvijaya Power Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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