Powering through Droughts and Crises: Redesigning Sri Lanka’s Energy Resilience
Sri Lanka has lived with energy insecurities for decades. Today, the crisis is a structural problem that is no longer limited to mere episodes. The country’s electricity system sits at the intersection of three converging vulnerabilities. Firstly, the system relies on a bimodal rainfall pattern that makes hydropower inherently boom-and-bust. Secondly, Sri Lanka has a near-total dependence on imported fossil fuels and limited use of other renewables, mainly rooftop solar, to fill the gaps. Thirdly, the country deals with an ageing grid infrastructure that is ill-equipped for the distributed energy future that could solve the problem.
Building the Future: Sustainable Condominiums in Sri Lanka
With the recent upswing in the condominium market in Sri Lanka, it is important to take environmental implications of these constructions into consideration. The authors argue that a holistic and a futuristic approach should be adopted when building condominiums and sustainable practices should be integrated into the approval process for the ‘design’ of the condominiums.
Adopting a Blue Economy Approach in Sri Lanka
In this article Kanchana Wickramasinghe points out the importance of regional collaboration to make the best use of ocean resources.
Demystifying Hawala/Undiyal – The Not So Dismal Science:[…] believed that informal fund transfer operations in Sri Lanka have expanded considerably due to the wide gap between the…