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The Laxapana Dam is a gravity dam built across the Maskeliya Oya, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) downstream of the Laxapana Falls, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] Power station and reservoir
Laxapana Power Station may refer to: Old Laxapana Power Station , a hydroelectric power station fed by the Norton Dam in Sri Lanka New Laxapana Power Station , a hydroelectric power station fed by the Canyon Dam in Sri Lanka
The installed electrical capacity and production of Sri Lanka by sources, from 2000 to 2018. Sri Lanka's electricity demand is currently met by nine thermal power stations, fifteen large hydroelectric power stations, and fifteen wind farms, with a smaller share from small hydro facilities and other renewables such as solar.
The Maskeliya Dam (also known as the Maussakelle Dam) is a large gravity dam at Maskeliya, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.Along with the Castlereigh Dam, the dams are the highest point and beginning of the Laxapana Hydropower Complex, involving a number of dams, penstocks, and hydroelectric power stations.
The Canyon Dam is a large arch-gravity dam built across the Maskeliya Oya, 4.5 km (2.8 mi) upstream of the iconic Laxapana Falls, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The associated power station plays a major role in the national power grid, due to its significant output. [1] The dam is surrounded by steel structures of the substation.
Laxapana Complex consists of six main dams with related power stations — Broadlands, Canyon, Castlereigh, Laxapana, Maskeliya, and Norton dams. Mahaweli Complex consists of eight dams and related power stations: Bowatenna , Kotmale , Moragahakanda , Polgolla , Randenigala , Rantembe , Upper Kotmale , and the Victoria dams.
Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations. Privately owned "small-hydro" facilities (which are limited to a maximum nameplate capacity of 10 MW), are not included in this list. Nearly all hydroelectric dams are also used for ...
Laxapana Falls is, at 126 m (413 ft) high, [1] the 8th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 625th highest in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is situated in Maskeliya area in Nuwara Eliya District , about 16 km (9.9 mi) from Maskeliya town on Maskeliya-Norton Bridge road, in a village called Kiriwan Eliya .