Fueling the future, with organic waste
Shan State’s Inle is one of the most beautiful places in the country, perhaps in the region, so clean are the town’s air and the water flowing through the mountain streams. Situated in this “little heaven on earth”, as one Trip Advisor review puts it, is Oakkar Phyo Maung’s Horse Club. The Inle Horse club […]
Myanmar LNG projects overcome pandemic and sceptics
China and Hong Kong-led consortium has started operating first of three planned facilities as Yangon targets nationwide electrification. A Chinese-backed LNG-to-power project that recently started generating electricity for the largest city in Myanmar underlines rising Chinese involvement in the Southeast Asian country’s growing gas and power sectors.
Myanmar inks two electricity deals with Chinese LNG plants
The Myanmar government has signed two power purchase agreements (PPA) to buy electricity from two liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants totalling 580 megawatts. The project company of CNTIC VPower Group inked two five-year PPAs with the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE) on June 26 for the plants in Thanlyin, southeast, […]
Investment in Myanmar to help China
Amidst a brutal border standoff, the government has approved investments in a Myanmar project which will lead to more gas for China. The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved an additional investment of $121.27 million by ONGC Videsh for the development of Block A-1 and A-3 of the Shwe […]
Myanmar enters LNG importing arena
Myanmar has become the newest country to start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the fuel is adopted as the fastest solution to recent power shortage and increased power demand. The Asian nation received its first LNG cargo on June 6. The small-scale, 0.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf) LNG vessel arrived at the industrial port of Thilawa, southwestern Myanmar. […]
Myanmar govt commits to new refinery projects with private sector
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is making plans to build new oil refineries in Myanmar to meet domestic oil demand and boost energy security in the country, said U Tin Maung Oo, Permanent Secretary of the MOEE.
Local energy firms, investors weigh in on solar project tender
Local energy companies are pessimistic about a recent government tender for Myanmar’s biggest solar power project. “There are some tall hurdles for local investors who wish to bid for the tender. The government should also consider local investors for the project but the terms and conditions rule out most Myanmar investors,” said U Kyaw Kyaw Hlaing, chair […]
VPower Group’s JV starts powering Myanmar with LNG
VPower Group International Holdings Ltd has successfully expanded its footprint into the LNG-to-power industry through a partnership with China National Technical Import and Export Corp (CNTIC). On 14 June 2020, the power station in Thaketa Township of Yangon, Myanmar, built by the 50-50 joint venture of VPower Group and CNTIC (CNTIC VPower), started generating electricity […]
