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Energy & RenewableEnergy Intelligence

Explore renewable energy projects, utilities, installers, equipment providers and growth opportunities across Sri Lanka.

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  • Business Discovery

    Find energy companies, developers and suppliers

  • Project Intelligence

    Monitor current and pipeline renewable projects

  • Geographic Intelligence

    Explore activity by district and project location

  • Market Insights

    Track capacity additions and investment trends

  • Partner Opportunities

    Discover EPC, technology and financing partners

Explore Energy Sub-sectors

Installed generation capacity by technology at the end of 2025 (CEB Statistical Digest 2025).

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Energy Activity by District

Selected generation sites over business density.

Jaffna: 17,499 business placesKilinochchi: 4,403 business placesMannar: 993 business placesMullaitivu: 2,609 business placesVavuniya: 1,548 business placesGalle: 13,365 business placesHambantota: 10,331 business placesMatara: 15,616 business placesAmpara: 9,632 business placesAnuradhapura: 17,425 business placesBadulla: 13,719 business placesBatticaloa: 11,310 business placesMonaragala: 5,228 business placesPolonnaruwa: 9,472 business placesColombo: 18,471 business placesGampaha: 30,904 business placesKalutara: 11,110 business placesKegalle: 9,513 business placesKurunegala: 28,407 business placesPuttalam: 7,044 business placesRatnapura: 15,906 business placesKandy: 14,022 business placesMatale: 8,666 business placesNuwara Eliya: 15,014 business placesTrincomalee: 6,919 business places Lakvijaya Thambapavani Victoria Kelanitissa Hambantota

Selected generation sites

  • LakvijayaCoal, Norochcholai
  • ThambapavaniWind farm, Mannar
  • VictoriaHydro reservoir
  • KelanitissaThermal, Colombo
  • HambantotaSolar park
  • High activity
  • Medium activity
  • Emerging activity

Featured Opportunities

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No energy opportunity in Galle or Matara has an official document behind it yet.State land open to any sector:

Illustrative photo: open green land with palm trees

Galle Techno Park land for IT and knowledge services (Akmeemana)

Walahanduwa Watta, Akmeemana, Galle

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The BOI lists 31 acres at Walahanduwa Watta, Akmeemana, as the proposed Galle Techno Park, an IT zone with offices, restaurants and a clubhouse planned by the Urban Development Authority for software, research and outsourcing firms.

Listed 30 Oct 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Illustrative photo: coconut trees on a clear green lot

State-owned land bank: 139 land records in Matara district

Matara district (many locations)

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The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 139 land records in Matara district, about 276 hectares where an extent is given, mostly forest or scrub and vacant land, across 16 DS divisions.

Listed 11 Sep 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Illustrative photo: coconut palms on open grassland

State-owned land bank: 94 land records in Galle district

Galle district (many locations)

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The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 94 land records in Galle district across about 20 DS divisions, most of them vacant, with GN division, extent and present land use for each.

Listed 11 Sep 2026 Board of Investment of Sri Lanka

Energy businesses in Galle & Matara

71 listed in the pilot districts: 33 in Galle and 38 in Matara. Pick a sub-sector to drill into districts, DS divisions and businesses.

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Official figures for the same districts
GalleMatara
PopulationDCS Census of Population and Housing 2024 · 20241,097,372837,889
Registered business placesDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 202413,36515,616
Ground-mounted solar potential (MW)SEA Renewable Energy Resource Development Plan 2026 · 2026151166
Land with wind potential (ha)SEA Renewable Energy Resource Development Plan 2026 · 202612,8284,078
Land available for biomass or solar (ha)SEA Renewable Energy Resource Development Plan 2026 · 20266,8912,418

A few listings

Named places on OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract of 28 Oct 2026. Mapped places only, not a full count of businesses.

Supply chain in Galle & Matara

Who supplies the sector, and who it supplies. Counts are listings in our directory and OpenStreetMap data for the two districts; open a step to drill down.

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  1. Upstream inputs

    • Installation contractors

      Contractors building plants, lines and rooftop systems.

      413listed Galle 201 · Matara 201

      Contractors 413
    • Electrical equipment

      Gas and electrical suppliers.

      15listed Galle 13 · Matara 13

      Gas & Electrical Suppliers 15
    • Solar panel & inverter dealers

      Specialist solar importers and installers.

      No listings in our data yet

  2. Energy & Renewable

  3. Downstream services

Chain curated by Backend team (2026-10-30). "No listings in our data yet" marks a gap in our coverage, not an absence of businesses.

Energy sites on the map

Named places on OpenStreetMap in the pilot districts, by DS division. Open Galle or Matara to see each place.

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Map of Sri Lanka's districts shaded by the number of energy sites mapped on OpenStreetMap in Galle and Matara; other districts are coming soon.Jaffna: coming soonKilinochchi: coming soonMannar: coming soonMullaittivu: coming soonVavuniya: coming soonHambantota: coming soonAmpara: coming soonAnuradhapura: coming soonBadulla: coming soonBatticaloa: coming soonMonaragala: coming soonPolonnaruwa: coming soonColombo: coming soonGampaha: coming soonKalutara: coming soonKegalla: coming soonKurunegala: coming soonPuttalam: coming soonRatnapura: coming soonKandy: coming soonMatale: coming soonNuwara Eliya: coming soonTrincomalee: coming soon

District outlines: geoBoundaries gbOpen LKA ADM2 boundaryID LKA-ADM2-46371173 (build Dec 2023, file commit 9469f09). Original geometry: OpenStreetMap and Wambacher, ODbL 1.0. Simplified in this repository for display. Not a legal boundary. DS division outlines: Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA COD-AB v03 (CC BY-IGO 3.0), simplified for display. Not legal boundaries.