Sri Lanka Suffers Nationwide Electricity Blackout
- Sri Lanka experienced a nationwide electricity blackout on Saturday after its national grid tripped, officials said.
- The blackout lasted more than two hours, with no clear timeline for restoring electricity.
- Electricity Distribution Lanka said engineers were repairing a fault across the grid and suspected that excess solar power caused the breakdown.
- Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka asked rooftop solar owners to temporarily disconnect their systems while supplies were restored “stage by stage.
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More than two hours after the blackout, the entire country remained powerless, without any indication as to the re-establishment of the power supply. The State Electricity Distribution Company (EDL) reported that its engineers were working to repair a breakdown that had affected the entire national grid, which would be linked to an overproduction of solar energy. Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka said he hoped for a gradual restoration of the …
The Economic Times
Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout
Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide electricity blackout on Saturday after the national grid tripped, possibly because solar power generation exceeded consumption, officials said. The entire grid shut down in February 2025, when solar power generation exceeded consumption on a bright, sunny Sunday.
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