Power projects on track for completion, ministry says
To provide electricity before height of the dry season arrives in March, new power plants need to be completed on time, says Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy U Khin Maung Win. Seven new power plants that are expected to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of additional electricity are being built in Magwe, Shwetaung, Kyunchaung, […]
Government plans South Asian power grid
To utilise the country’s sizeable power generation capacity, the government is planning to connect more neighbouring countries through a regional power grid which can be used to supply electricity to surrounding nations without adequate number of power plants.
Gov’t faces hydropower project delays due to COVID-19
YANGON-Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, factories have shut down in China and Chinese experts have stopped coming, causing delays to hydropower projects, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy Khin Maung Win inspected construction of 151-MW power plant in Ahlon Township, Yangon, on March 1st, instructing to complete timely […]
Myanmar plans to generate about 900 megawatts from LNG power plants
Myanmar produced the highest production rate of electricity of 3,797 megawatts in November 2019 and the electricity demand is expected to be reached between 4,500 and 5,000 megawatts in 2020 summer, said Khin Maung Win, Deputy Minister for electricity and Energy. It planned to generate about 900 megawatts of electricity by importing liquefied natural gas […]
3,000 kilometre long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India: BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on connecting about 3,000 kilometre-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India. This was announced by the energy advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury while inaugurating the energy conference of BIMSTEC in Dhaka on Tuesday. He said that the […]
NEP Phase 1 to be finished at the end of Sept
Phase 1 of National Electrification Project (NEP) will be finalized at the end of September this year to provide electricity to 626,757 family households from 5,080 villages, said Union Minister Win Khaing for Electricity and Energy. The government received a US$310 million loan from the World Bank (WB) to implement the NEP. Myanmar has 51 […]
Gas reservoir yields 1.14 mln cubic meters of natural gas per day in Myanmar
YANGON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — A gas reservoir in an offshore block situated in western part of Myanmar was discovered yielding about 1.14 million cubic meters of natural gas per day after drill stem testing, said a release from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy Myanmar on Tuesday. After initial exploratory drilling procedures since November […]
Posco International discovers new gas field in Myanmar
Posco International said Monday that it had discovered a new offshore gas reservoir near Myanmar, raising hopes for a new cash cow for the company. According to the Korean company, it began exploratory undersea drilling on Jan. 12 for its Mahar gas project. The company drilled 2,598 meters into the seabed, more than 1,000 meters […]
