In early April,
The Tar-hsan project, which can produce 35.446 billion kilowatt- hours (kwh) a year, is implemented by the Myanmar Hydropower Implementation Department of the Ministry of Electric Power and the MDX Group Co Ltd of Thailand. The project also involves shares of Ratchaburi Co and Ch Karnchang Co of
The other joint venture project is a 600-mw Hutgyi on the same river in eastern Kayin state signed with the EGAT Public Company of
Electricity generated from the two plants will be mainly sold to
Of the two projects, the $6 billion Thai investment in the Tar-hsan has sharply raised
Not long after the Tar-hsan project started,
According to the ministry, the six hydropower projects are Shweli-1 (600 mw) , Shweli-2 (460 mw), Shweli-3 (360 mw), Tarpein- 1 (240 mw), Tarpein-2 (168 mw) and
The Shweli-2 and Shweli-3 are located in Momeik, Shan state while the Tarpein-1 and Tarpein-2 in Momauk, Kachin state and the
The Upper Thanlwin hydropower project is the one on which a memorandum of understanding on the implementation was signed in early April between Burma and the Farsighted Investment Group Co Ltd and Gold Water Resources Ltd of China.
Besides, the China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) is also reportedly to build seven hydropower projects for
The seven hydropower projects are those respectively on Ayeyawaddy confluence ( 3,600 mw), in Chibwe (2,000 mw), in Pashe (1,600 mw), in Lakin (1,400 mw), in Phizaw (1,500 mw), in Khaunglanphu (1,700 mw) and in Laiza (1,560 mw).
Plans are underway to build more hydropower plants which include Kawgata (160 mw), Bilin (280 mw), Hatkyi (600 mw), Shwesayay (660 mw), Manipura (380 mw), Tanintharyi (600 mw) and Maykha (800 mw).
According to official statistics, Burma had a total of over 1, 775 mw of installed generating capacity of electric power as of September 2006, up from 706.82 mw in 1988 when there were only 24 power plants in the country, of which 14 were hydropower ones.
After 1988,
The statistics also show that
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