Grassroots organization opposes Tanintharyi conservation project
Ridge to Reef is a sweeping conservation project that aims to protect 3.5 million acres of wilderness and indigenous lands in Tanintharyi Region. The government-led development is supported by the United Nations Development Program, the Global Enviro
Hong Kong and Chinese partnership to invest USD 800 million in power projects
A partnership between a private Hong Kong company and a Chinese state-owned enterprise will invest USD 800 million in three new power plants. Hong Kong-listed VPower Group announced that it will establish a joint venture agreement with Chinese state-
EUR 50 million waste-to-energy project green-lit
Parliament has approved a Polish-funded waste-to-energy project for a Yangon landfill. The EUR 50 million project will convert 1000 tons of daily waste (around 60 percent of Yangon’s total daily household waste) into fuels and chemicals for use
Environmental groups slam Myanmar’s first coal plant
Environmental and civil society groups are criticizing the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Myanmar’s first coal power plant. Chinese firm Wuxu Huaguang Electric Power Engineering commissioned the EIA after it took over the power plant
IFC: Myanmar should go solar
Solar can help Myanmar fill its electricity shortage and reduce the cost of power, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) argued in a recent report. The IFC (which is the private sector financing arm of the World Bank Group) claimed that investi
