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
- Vision:
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.
- Mission:
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.
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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
Head Of Operation & Maintenance
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
Manager Procurement And Logistics & Team Leader
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
Sales Engineer & Team Leader
Speciality - Business Development. Experience in Solar since 2019, 1 MWp of solar power plants
Sanjana
Wijethunga
B.Sc. (Hons) Jaffna
Electrical Engineer
Speciality – Design, Project Management. Experience in solar since 2021, 1MWp of solar power plants
Sandaruwan
Peris
B.Sc. (Hons)
Project Manger (Ground Mount) & Team Leader
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
Chief Data Analyst
Speciality - Data Science and Performance monitoring. Experience in Solar since 2017 as Financial Analyst
Chandana
De Silva
Bachelor Of Commerce
Accountant
Speciality - Accounting. Experience in Solar since 2013