Largest solar plants in Sri Lanka

148 solar records for Sri Lanka carry a capacity figure: 3.1 GW in total, 178 MW of it operating across 82 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the Sri Lanka market page.

Largest operating solar plants in Sri Lanka

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Hambantota	LAUGFS Holdings	20 MW	Operational
2	Hambantota I	—	14 MW	Operational
3	Sagasolar	—	10 MW	Operational
4	Anorchi Lanka (Baruthankanda) solar project	—	10 MW	Operational
5	Iris (Baruthankanda) solar project	—	10 MW	Operational
6	Kebithigollewa solar project	—	10 MW	Operational
7	Nedunkulam Solar Thermal Power Plant	—	10 MW	Operational
8	Vavunathivu solar project	—	10 MW	Operational
9	Vidul Madampe 6 MW Solar Plant	Vidul Madampe Solar Power (Pvt) Ltd	6 MW	Operational
10	Vidul Matara 3 MW Solar Plant	Vidul Matara Solar Power (Pvt) Ltd	3 MW	Operational
11	Mathugama Solar Power Projects 1&2	EGHL Solar	2 MW	Operational
12	Vidul 2 MW Solar Power Plant	Vidul Solar Power (Pvt) Ltd	2 MW	Operational
13	Horana 2 MW Solar Power Plant	Horana Solar Power (Pvt) Ltd	2 MW	Operational
14	Ampara 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
15	Ampara 2 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
16	Anuradhapura 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
17	Anuradhapura 2 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
18	Anuradhapura 3 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
19	Anuradhapura 4 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
20	Anuradhapura 5 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
21	Beliatta 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
22	Beliatta 2 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
23	Beliatta 3 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
24	Embilipitiya 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
25	Embilipitiya 2 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
26	Embilipitiya 3 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
27	Galle 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
28	Habarana 3 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
29	Horana 1 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational
30	Horana 2 solar project	—	1 MW	Operational

Watch Sri Lanka solar. One email when a project on this ranking moves stage, is corrected, or a larger one is added.

Under construction or announced

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Poonakary Lake solar farm	United Solar Group	700 MW	Concept
2	Hambantota solar farm 2	Infinitum Energy Pte Ltd	250 MW	Concept
3	Kilinochchi solar farm	—	200 MW	Concept
4	Hambantota Sooriyawewa solar farm	—	122 MW	Concept
5	Parakrama Samudra floating solar power plant	—	103 MW	Concept
6	Hambantota solar farm 1	Infinitum Energy Pte Ltd	100 MW	Development
7	Nilaveli solar farm	American Clean Energy Solutions Inc	100 MW	Concept
8	Pooneryn solar farm 1A	Sri Lanka Sustainability Energy Authority (SLSEA)	100 MW	Concept
9	Rividhanavi solar farm	Lakdhanavi Ltd	100 MW	Construction
10	Samanalawewa reservoir solar farm 1	—	100 MW	Concept
11	Samanalawewa reservoir solar farm 2	—	100 MW	Concept
12	Uda Walawe floating solar farm	—	100 MW	Concept
13	Sampoor Solar Power Project 2	Ceylon Electricity Board	70 MW	Concept
14	Pooneryn solar farm 1B	Sri Lanka Sustainability Energy Authority (SLSEA)	50 MW	Concept
15	Sampoor Solar Power Project 1	Ceylon Electricity Board	50 MW	Development
16	Mullativu Thunukkai solar power plant 39	—	42 MW	Development
17	Trincomalee Trincomalee Town and Gravets solar farm	—	36 MW	Concept
18	Batticaloa Manmunai West solar farm	—	35 MW	Concept
19	Mullativu Puthukudiyiruppu solar farm	—	32 MW	Concept
20	Batticaloa Manmunai South-West solar farm	—	30 MW	Concept
21	Trincomalee Muttur solar farm	—	26 MW	Concept
22	Ampara 2 solar farm	—	25 MW	Concept
23	Arrow Prime Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
24	Batticaloa Floating Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
25	Blue Crest Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
26	Cambrian Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
27	Circleline Solar Energy Project	—	10 MW	Development
28	Clean Energy Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
29	Crystalline Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development
30	DS Solar Power Project	—	10 MW	Development

The Sri Lanka solar records as a file

Rows from redistributable sources only, CC BY 4.0, issued to a work email.

Questions about solar in Sri Lanka

What is the largest solar plant in Sri Lanka?+

The largest operating solar plant on record in Sri Lanka is Hambantota at 20 MW, developed by LAUGFS Holdings. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

What is the largest solar plant planned in Sri Lanka?+

Poonakary Lake solar farm at 700 MW, at concept stage. Of the 3.1 GW of solar on record for Sri Lanka, 178 MW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.

How many solar plants does Sri Lanka have?+

Solandor holds 148 solar records for Sri Lanka with a stated capacity, 82 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.

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