Proposal to purchase power from China to be studied
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) says a feasibility study will be conducted as soon as possible on a proposal for Myanmar to purchase electricity from China. This was revealed by MOEE Deputy Permanent Secretary U Soe Myint to the Myanmar Times on Monday. An agreement to conduct a study for a China-Myanmar cross-border […]
Thai developer invests $1bn to put Myanmar industry on global map
NAYPYITAW — Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp. plans to build an industrial complex with an investment of $1 billion in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. The complex will provide important industrial infrastructure in a nation with few global-standard industrial zones suitable for foreign companies. Amata recently signed a land lease agreement and joint venture agreement with the Myanmar Ministry […]
Myanmar generates about 3,200 megawatts of electricity now
Myanmar is generating about 3,200 megawatts of electricity at the present, according to figures from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The maximum electricity production is 3,199 megawatts of electricity on January 29 and it only produced 3,649 megawatts of electricity on November 19 last year. It is less than 450 megawatts compared with the […]
Solar energy startup Cygni eyeing Myanmar, Bangladesh export markets
Solar energy startup Cygni, an Indian Institute of Technology, Madras incubatee company, is looking to break into the lucrative export markets in Myanmar and Bangladesh. The company, which manufactures solar power backup and DC (direct current) micro-grid solutions, apart from battery for electric vehicles at its Hyderabad plant, is planning to explore the offshore markets from […]
Block A-6: Getting the deal done
The government’s need to secure new supplies of natural gas and a desire to send a positive signal to investors has likely helped a consortium including Total, Woodside and MPRL negotiate favourable fiscal terms to develop the A-6 block. By THOMAS KEAN | FRONTIER A RECENT deal between the government and a private consortium to develop […]
Myanmar to use LPG extensively
Myanmar intends to extensively use LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) as fuel kitchen fuel as well as industrial and other businesses, said Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy Dr Tun Naing. The ministry has expects that up to a million households will use LPG by 2020 as it aims to reduce the use of firewood and […]
Work on large LNG project in Ayeyarwady set to start in July
Work on a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Mee Lin Gyaing, Ayeyarwady Region is expected to begin this year, officials of one of the companies involved with the project have told the Myanmar Times. The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) originally approved the project, along with one in Kan Pauk in […]
Minister stresses use of technology to increase oil and gas production from dwindling fields
Efforts must be made to increase yield of onshore oil and gas fields with the use of modern technology as the production of oil and gas from those fields decrease, urged Union Minister for Electricity and Energy Win Khaing. The minister made the remark during a coordination meeting of the first quarter of the current […]
