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Norochcholai unit goes offline again, raising fresh questions over power security

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Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 00:03
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Norochcholai unit goes offline again, raising fresh questions over power security
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By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka’s electricity supply security has come under renewed scrutiny after a generating unit at the Norochcholai Lakvijaya coal power plant complex was taken offline for maintenance, just two days after all three units wer.

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  • —By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka’s electricity supply security has come under renewed scrutiny after a generating unit at the Norochcholai Lakvijaya coal power plant complex was taken offline for maintenance, just two days after all three units were reported to have returned to the national grid, following the October 17 countrywide blackout.
  • —The latest shutdown [].
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