‘s controversial wind power project

The NPP Government has cancelled Ranil Wickremesinghe’s cabinet decision to award the Mannar and Pooneryn wind power projects to Adani Green Energy at a price 70% higher than the market rate. Rohan Pethiyagoda reviews AKD’s reasoning for the cancellation, showing how the president kept his promise to scrap the deal which he himself questioned repeatedly during his election campaign.

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