Greater focus needed to minimize ‘power leaks’ in distribution, storage and usage

While emphasis should be given for power generation, even greater focus should be given to minimize ‘power leaks’ in distribution, storage and usage, said Associate Manager, FPQ and Training Manager, Fluke Corporation, USA, R. Girish.

He was speaking at a Fluke Power Quality technical seminar organized by Marlbo Trading Company at Taj Samudra, Colombo last week. He said currently detecting ‘electrical leaks’ and providing solutions for them is a priority in many countries including in India but in Sri Lanka sadly this aspect is overlooked causing ‘wastage’ of electricity. He said that Fluke offers these ‘High-quality accurate equipment to detect this leakage investment made towards this is an investment to save electricity. He also said that since appointing Marlbo Trading Company a few years ago their agents have given a good market for their Fluke power tools. “

Fluke Corporation operates over 70 years in over 70 countries and our average market share in most of the countries is around 40% and in Sri Lanka thanks to Marlbo Trading it’s over 50%,” he said. Director Business Development at Marlbo Upul Kulatunga, says that with the present energy crisis there is a greater shift towards Solar and wind power generation in Sri Lanka they too are focusing on providing more electrical equipment towards this segment.” Chairman, Managing Director Marlbo Trading Company, M. Maniymuthu said their main business focus is importation of Testing Equipment relevant to the Energy Industry, especially Power Quality Analyzers used by Ceylon Electricity Board Solar Industry, Lanka Electricity Company (Pvt) Ltd and many other Consultation/Engineering companies working with the Energy Industry. “To update the knowledge of these stakeholders and to spell out new techniques in the global industry we hosted this technical seminar under tight health guidelines and also as a goodwill gesture to the energy industry free of charge as we felt that it was part of our CSR.”

He said that Sri Lanka’s power sector generation and distribution (though there minor issues) are of international quality. “We have made special arrangements for whoever has missed this opportunity to view this event live on social media platforms as it will be very useful to them.

H M Wijekoon,Project Director, Colombo Port City Development Project, Ceylon Electricity Board also spoke at this event where over 200 engineers and technical personalities of the Sri Lankan energy sector participated. Marlbo Trading Company at Abdul Gafoor Mawatha Colombo 3, founded in 1989 has served the country’s energy sector by providing electrical power utilities and testing and measuring equipment to the stakeholders of the industry.

Marlbo represent many of the world-renowned power utilities and testing and testing measuring manufacturers in Sri Lanka and has been responsible for sharing the latest technology from the world to Sri Lanka during the past few decades.