Singer Sunil sings a different song; says huge saving by using solar power
View(s):Net-metering the future for Sri Lanka’s costly power sector
By Quintus Perera
What better words of praise than that coming from, renowned Sri Lankan singer/entertainer Sunil Perera who caught the attention of a Colombo audience last week during a promotion of a new solar power product.
Mr. Perera, leader of the band Gypsies who has regaled thousands of fans with his catchy baila rhythms delivered in an entertaining fashion, told a group gathered to listen to the promo on BAM Green solar-power modules, that he had installed his unit on the rooftop of his premises and eventually brought down to a mere Rs 4,000 per month an electricity bill that averaged Rs 65,000!.
He said they are not economizing on electricity and the four air-conditioners are on throughout. He said that the solar-module installation not only saved a large amount of money but it also is doing a great service to the environment.
BAM Green (Pvt) Ltd, which says it is committed to develop and provide renewable energy services to Sri Lanka, officially launched the project last week, at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla in the presence of a large number of corporate heads.BAM Green is part of BAM Holdings whose Chairman is B.A. Mahipala. The company has been in the apparel industry for over three decades and has a large employee base in 12 diversified subsidiary companies. On the sidelines of the launch, Harshana Mahipala, one of the Directors of BAM Green, told the Business Times that the system is called ‘net-metering’ where those who get these solar modules installed and the power supply generated by these panels are connected to the national grid. All what the electricity consumers have to do is to pay the difference, if any, between his solar-power supply to the grid and the supply from the national grid to him and the difference if at all would be very minimal, is to be paid to the government.
He said that these solar modules have been installed at the Thermo-Plastics (Pvt) Ltd factory where the electricity bill earlier was reduced to around Rs 120,000 from Rs 500,000 per month earlier.
He said that they plan to supply these systems for domestic users and noted that if the normal electricity bill is say Rs 30,000, after getting these solar power installed the bill will come down to less than Rs 2,500 per month. The range of solar modules offered by BAM Green comes from REC Group, Norway and their product is known as one of the best three in the world, said Shalendra Bebortha, Managing Director, Systems India Region, REC Systems Pte Ltd who visited Sri Lanka for the launch. He said that the panels are under a 25 year warranty and the inverters are of 10 year warranty.
BAM Green has already installed these solar-modules to several large factories in Sri Lanka with a record of success in their ventures.
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