Colombo South Waste Processing Facility
The Colombo South Waste Processing Facility is a municipal solid waste-fired thermal power station currently under construction at a site in Karadiyana, Sri Lanka. Together with the KCHT Power Station, it is one of two projects that won the bid by the Urban Development Authority, from a pool of 121 bidders. Construction of the facility began on 23 August 2017 with a completion slated for mid-2019. The estimated cost of the project is approximately.
The power station will be operated by, a subsidiary of the. It will use of waste, with the generated power sold to the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board at a rate of generated. The residual bottom ash from the process will be used for road construction and other uses, while the unusable fly ash will be disposed of at predesignated locations.