A South Korean company will build a new 40 megawatt power plant in Bago, the company said, becoming the latest foreign firm to answer Myanmar’s desperate call for new power projects. The firm, MCM Power Company, will invest USD 35 million in a
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) says Myanmar is now producing 5,600 megawatt of power per year. It will not stop there, according to a report by Eleven Media. Rising demand for power and the government’s ambitious nationwide elect
The International Finance Corporation(IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has announced the launch of the Myanmar Hydropower Developers’ Association (MHDA). It is an innovative platform for hydropower companies and professionals w
Civil society groups conducted a two-day protest in Mandalay last week against large-scale hydropower projects planned on the country’s rivers. According to an article in Frontier, on the first day of the conference participants celebrated the coun
A new study by IFC has recommended not re-starting the controversial Myitsone hydropower dam in Kachin State. Alternative measures to develop hydropower in the country are also put forward. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) proposes multip