About Us

From Humble Beginnings to a Market Leader

Established in the Year 2016 First Energy has grown up to become one of the top five solar energy companies in Sri Lanka within a relatively short period of 5 years. This success story is a result of the presence of high calibre professionals in the industry from top to bottom in its hierarchy, led by Eng. Prabath Wickramasinghe has more than 20 years of experience in the Sri Lankan energy industry and Eng. Asanka Thennakon is one of the leading experts in the Solar Energy sector in Sri Lanka with over 10 years of experience in that sector.

The main business areas of the company comprise design, supply & installation of Solar PV systems and providing Operation & Maint. services for such systems, and also providing consultancy, project management and EPC services and for rooftop solar PV and utility-scale ground-mounted solar power projects.

The company continues to thrive in the solar energy industry through the founding vision of providing a quality service with utmost professionalism.

Company Culture

  • To contribute and to become an integral part of sustainable energy initiative as a high quality and affordable service provider in solar photo-voltaic systems leveraging the expertise & innovations.

  • Creating sustainable business models to achieve the lowest Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCoE) with durability.

  • Creating expertise and developing skills required for solar photovoltaic system integrations in the part of Electrical, Mechanical & Civil Engineering.

  • Training and capacity building of employees for providing quality and affordable services to the clients.

  • Achieving financial sustainability by venturing into different segments in the solar industry such as EPC contracts, Investments, Design, Consulting and project management services both locally and globally.

Flagship Companies

Pacific Hydro Electric SL (Pvt) Ltd

Mini Hydro Sector in Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Continent

General Energy SL (Pvt) Ltd

Trading Solar Energy Component

Haritha Piyasa SL (Pvt) Ltd

Roof Top Investment up to 100 kWp

Sun Synergy SL (Pvt) Ltd

Roof Top Investment greater than 100 kWp

Rivi Kirana SL (Pvt) Ltd

Roof Top Investment over 1000 kWp

Sooriya Shakthi SL (Pvt) Ltd

Land information for ground-mounted Solar

Nyanza Energy Africa (Pvt) Ltd

Mini Hydro Operations in Uganda & Zambia

Leadership


Prabath
Wickramasinghe

Managing Director

Eng. Prabath Wickramasinghe is Electrical Engineer by profession (Univ. of Peradeniya 1995-1999). Also holds Management Qualifications from Chartered Institute of Management Accountancy (CIMA) of UK...


Asanka
Tennakoon

Chief Executive Officer

Eng. Asanka Tennakoon is an Electrical Engineer by profession (Univ. of Peradeniya 1995-1999). He holds a master’s degree from the UK in Information Systems and Post Graduate Diploma in Geographical...


Sanka
Dulanja Sri

General Manager

Sanka Liyanage is a Mechanical Engineer by profession (Institute of the Technology University of Moratuwa ). Sanka has started his career in 2013 in the renewable energy industry as an assistant...


Dinuka
Hewa Walpita

Head of Sales & Marketing

Speciality - Business Development. Experience in Solar since 2013, 15 MWp of solar power plants


Nilantha
Kasthuriarachchi

Director Operations

Eng. Nilantha Kasthuriarachchi is a seasoned Production Engineer, who graduated from the University of Peradeniya in 1999. With a strong foundation in Lean Manufacturing, he holds a prestigious Black...


Dinesh
Wannipura

Financial Controller

Over 15 years of experience in Statement of Financial Position Restructuring, Group Tax Planning, Group Consolidation, Treasury Management, Regulatory & Compliance Reporting, Financial Analysis...


Team Leads


Kalana
Liyanage

(NDT) Moratuwa

Speciality - Quality Control, O&M and Aftersales Services. Experience in Solar since 2017, O&M of 10 MWp of solar power plants

Thamara
Wijesinghe

B.Sc. (Hons) Applied Science

Speciality - Quality Control, O&M and Aftersales Services. Experience in Solar since 2017, O&M of 10 MWp of solar power plants

Jude
Travis Derose

B.Sc. (Hons) Degree

Speciality - Business Development. Experience in Solar since 2019, 1 MWp of solar power plants

Sanjana
Wijethunga

B.Sc. (Hons) Jaffna

Speciality – Design, Project Management. Experience in solar since 2021, 1MWp of solar power plants

Sandaruwan
Peris

B.Sc. (Hons)

Speciality - Project Management of Ground Mounted plants. Experience in Solar since 2017, 4 MWp of solar power plants

Imesha
Attanayaka

B.Sc. (Hons) Applied Science

Speciality - Data Science and Performance monitoring. Experience in Solar since 2017 as Financial Analyst

Chandana
De Silva

Bachelor Of Commerce

Speciality - Accounting. Experience in Solar since 2013