Keynote 02: Toward a Coordinated Effort to Focus Research to Fulfil Needs of The Energy Industry

Abstract

Development of the energy industry did not end when Sri Lanka declared 100% electrification in 2016. When the improved household woodstove was developed by a NGO in 1970s, further developed by the NERD Centre and promoted by Ceylon Electricity Bard (CEB), research into more efficient ways to use firewood did not end. Actually, that is where research has to begin, to make the expanded electricity network more efficient, technically and financially. Energy needs for industrial heating, provided cheap and used efficiently, is key to growth in manufacturing and competitive exports.