As reported in our articles during the past few weeks, and confirmed this week by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE), the overdue Chinese-backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Yangon will start operating “very soon”. Petronas
Foreign investment in the power sector has reached USD 1 billion over the first four months of the fiscal year, official data shows. The investments came from foreign companies working with the government and local partners to develop power plants, t
Hong Kong company VPower Group (VP), working with Myanmar’s Zeya & Associates, has been awarded four emergency power tenders as the government races to meet its growing demand for power. The four projects would use imported liquified natura
The consortium behind a planned 135-megawatt project at Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State expects to sign a deal on the project soon. According to a report in Frontier, the project is being developed by Myanmar’s Supreme Group and China’s state-owned Sino
Hundreds of residents of Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State, have held a protest against the three coal-fired antimony factories in the town, which they say is polluting the air. An article in a local newspaper said that the factories were built