Aitken Spence Power Station
The Aitken Spence Power Station is a municipal solid waste-fired thermal power station currently under construction at Muthurajawela, Sri Lanka. It was originally planned to be built at Meethotamulla, the site of a large solid waste landfill which was under international media spotlight after the 2017 Meethotamulla garbage landslide which killed over 30 people. The power station will operate approximately 7500 hours a year, utilizing the of fresh waste from the Colombo Municipal Council area, daily. The power station in being built together with the KCHT Power Station.
The facility will generate of power, of which will be sold to the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board, at a rate of generated. Construction of the power station began on, and is expected to complete by 2020. It will be operated by, a subsidiary of Aitken Spence. The power station's PUCSL energy license is EL/GS/13-03.
