The necessary preliminary steps have been taken to implement the Siyambalanduwa solar power plant such as studying the feasibilities, securing the lands and environmental evaluations, the state information office stated.

The assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was also received to conduct an analysis on the procedure that needs to be followed in order to develop the plant.

"It has been proved by the analysis that the proposed project with transmission infrastructure should be implemented as a single procurement of 100 MV single power plant and transmission facilities in order to obtain a minimum power consume charge for the generation and transmission of a unit of electricity according to the various capacity opportunities that could be implemented," it said.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal tabled by Minister of Power and Energy to initiate the procurement procedure by the Ceylon Electricity Board ( CEB)– the licensee of transmission – to implement the Siyambalanduwa solar power project through private sector investments and to construct the power line from Medagama to Ampara by the CEB under the aforementioned project.