Training Hub of Renewable Energy TechnologiEs for Sri Lanka/ THREE-LANKA Erasmus Project

Project Title

Training Hub of Renewable Energy TechnologiEs for Sri Lanka/ THREE-LANKA

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The total primary energy supply in Sri Lanka has increased substantially and the electricity demand growth is also recorded as 6% per annum. These growths during the last decade has created a considerable local impact in terms of energy supply security, air pollution, environmental pollution, water scarcity, damage to national heritage and having a direct impact on human life in particular. As a result of three decade-long internal conflict, the lack of development in infrastructure facilities within the Northern Province and the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka have created enormous gap compare to the Southern part of the country. This has directly affected to skill labour availability in the conflict affected areas and created a living standard deference. Aligning Sri Lanka with Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN, it is expected to reduce country’s dependence on fossil fuels to below 50% of the primary energy supply by 2030. The skill shortage is act as a barrier for archiving expected sustainable goals. As Sri Lanka have enormous potential to generate the required energy supply form renewable energy resources, it is highly critical to identify and address the existing skill level gaps with regards to renewable energy generation. As the outcome of this project five training centres will be developed across the country ( Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka) and eLearning materials are expected to developed for provide training to three main categorise groups, which has listed in its Report on “Skill and Occupational Needs of Renewable Energy 2011” various kinds of skill requirements for different renewable energy sector. It is expected that THREE -LANKA project will contribute for developing skills levels in all the categorise groups in Sri Lanka starting from students, graduate engineers to project managers in the field of Renewable technologies.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 981606 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA & Country: LK

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITATEA VALAHIA TARGOVISTE
• SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY (GUARANTEE) LTD
• UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA
• POLITECNICO DI TORINO
• UNIVERSITRY OF PERADENIYA
• SOUTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE