Electrical industry of burma/myanmar

Additional references
Data summary: Tasang

See above: ‘Chinese firm takes 51% interest in Tasang hydropower project’ (MT: 19/11/07)

See below: 'Myanmar, Thailand begin work on controversial Tasang dam' (AFP: 05/04/07)
Christa M Thorpe, SHAN, 22/06/07. http://www.shanland.org/environment/2007/activists-believe-thailand-continues-involvement-with-salween-dam-projects

A claim by Thailand's Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand that EGAT had not signed contracts with Burma is receiving skeptical reactions from Salween Watch activists. A report published by the Shan Sapawa Environmental Organization lists two official agreements, an MoU signed by the MDX group of Thailand with Burma’s Ministry of Energy (20/12/02), and an MoA between MDX and the Burmese Dept of Hydroelectric Power witnessed by EGAT (03/04/06). The amiable business relations between Burma and the previous Thai government under Thaksin Shinawatra were strongly criticized by various human rights groups, who remain unconvinced that Thailand will now drop the incentives for hydro-electricity purchases from Burma.

NLM, 21/06/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070621.htm

On 25 May 2007, Triangle Region Commander Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspected construction of Namhupakwe bridge being undertaken by MDX Co from Tarhsan Hydropower Project on Nakaungmu-Mongton Road.

Sai Silp, IRROL, 11/06/07. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=7434

The current Thai government position on Burmese plans to build a series of dams on the Salween River is no guarantee that human rights abuses connected with the projects will end, according to Sai Sai, a Shan environmentalist from the organizations Shan Sapawa and Burma Rivers Network. He was reacting to a statement by Thai Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand pointing out that EGAT had never signed a contract with Burma to purchase electricity but had merely inked an MoU to conduct a feasibility study of the project. Sai Sai suggested that the current government might have adopted a new stand on the Salween dams projects because of pressure from opponents. There has been wide criticism of the projects which opponents claim will involve the forced relocation of ethnic communities from the areas of the planned dams. Thailand recently announced it remained interested in the exploitation of such power sources as natural gas and hydro-electricity from Burma while searching for alternative sources such as bio-energy and nuclear power. EGAT director Kraisri Kannasuta has said the generating authority is looking for a suitable site for a nuclear power plant. Former Thai Senator Tuenjai Deetes said that it is a good sign that EGAT was looking for other sources of energy than hydropower from Burma, but she maintained that agreements between previous government and other countries were difficult to change because relationships and investment might be affected.

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MA MYA DAM PUT INTO SERVICE IN MYANAUNG TOWNSHIP

NLM, 08/06/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070608.htm

The Ma Mya Dam in Myanaung township, Ayeyawady division, was inaugurated this morning. The facility, built by Construction Circle 9 of the ID, is on Ma Mya Creek, about one-and-a-half miles north-west of Hmyinwataung Village on the Pathein-Monywa road. The dam can irrigate 10,000 acres of monsoon paddy, 4,800 acres of summer paddy, 5,200 acres of pulses and beans, 8,000 acres of summer paddy and 2,000 acres of edible oil crops.
After Gen Khin Maung Than of MoD formally opened the dam, he and his party viewed the dam’s water control tower and earth embankment and inspected the operation of a 2-kW generator on the right main canal that will supply power to Hmyinwahtaung village. They also looked over a 2-kW generator and a 3-kW generator that will supply electricity to staff quarters at the dam.
The earth embankment of the dam is 11,800 ft long and 150 ft high. It can store 70,000 acre-feet of water and it has two reinforced concrete conduits measuring 4 ft by 6 ft each and an ogee-type reinforced concrete spillway. The dam will irrigate 10,000 acres of farmland in Myanaung township and prevent overflow of water onto farmlands on either side of Ma Mya creek.
A plan is under way to install two 250-kW generators at the dam to supply power to the region. Four 2-kW and two 3-kW generators are currently being operated using canal water from dam to supply electricity to Hmyinwahtaung vllage and its surrounding areas. Among 17 outlets along the canal from the dam to Letpankwin Village, small-scale hydropower is being generated at two outlets, and the remaining outlets will be installed with generators.
Project submission

Rural Electrification with Mini Hydro Power (Ma Mya Dam) Project, Application Form, ASEAN Renewable Energy Project Competition, 06/05/09. 20 pp.

http://www.aseanenergy.org/download/aea/renewable_energy/2009/awardees/mm_Rural%20Electrification%20with%20Mini%20Hydro%20Power%20%28Ma%20Mya%20Dam%29%20Project.pdf

The project was submitted to the 2009 ASEAN renewable energy competition with the aim of showing how to take advantage of drop structures along the canal irrigation system of a rural dam to produce electricity and the ease with which a micro hydropower plant could be installed without disturbing the irrigation system. An analysis of the savings in carbon emissions compared with that required to generate a similar amount of energy using an engine using a fossil fuel is included. The presentation focuses on the installation of micro hydropower turbine-generators along one of the main canals of the government’s Ma Mya dam in Myanaung township in the Irrawaddy delta area of Myanmar. It includes details about the design of the project, technical, financial and market considerations, manufacture of the turbines used, the operational and maintenance program and the sustainability and replicability of the project. Information about the changes brought about in the village of Myinwartung which received electricity for the first time as a result of the project is also featured. Numerous photos, charts, tables, diagrams and two maps accompany the text. Table 1 lists four sites where turbine-generators were already installed along the right main canal of the Mya Mya dam at the time of submission, while Table 3 lists five other sites where installation is underway. A map showing the project layout and a sectional profile of the installations at one of the drop sites are especially useful. The project submission appears to have been prepared by U Htun Naing Aung of Kaung Kyaw

Say Engineering, consultant to the project.
Topographical map references:

Burma 1:250,000: Series U542, U.S. Army Map: NF 46-08: Prome. Ma Mya dam, 1½ miles NW of Myinwadaung [18˚ 06 N, 95˚ 06 E], grid square reference: 8/9, 24/3.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne46-8.jpg
A topographical map pinpointing the location of the dam, the canals and irrigation coverage can be found at

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=30&Itemid=45
Additional references
Construction circle 9 website

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Basic information and technical data related to the construction and operation of the Ma Mya dam can be found on the website of Construction Circle 9 of the Irrigation Dept.

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=28&Itemid=42

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=29&Itemid=44
Information on the micro-generator program

A sectional profile of the low head micro-turbine generators used on canals at the Ma Mya dam along with design data and other specifications can be found on the website of Construction Circle 9 of the Irrigation Dept. Design data and pictures of the single-phase turbine generators are also provided. The two-, three- and five- kilowatt generators and turbines were manufactured in China, while the turbine casing, draft tube and other parts were produced by the Myanmar Irrigation Dept.

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=36&Itemid=57

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=37&Itemid=53

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=38&Itemid=54

http://www.construction9.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=39&Itemid=55
See below: ‘Mini hydropower plants planned for rural areas’ (MT: 08/08/05)
NLM, 26/12/09. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs08/NLM2009-12-26.pdf

There are now 11 micro hydropower stations along the right main canal of Ma Mya dam. These stations are supplying electric power to 1,085 households in nine villages. After repairs to the main embankment in 2008-09, the right canal is supplying water to 4450 acres in 2009-10. [A photo of the right main canal is included in the print edition of NLM.]

NLM, 13/03/09. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2009-03-13.pdf

South-West Commander Kyaw Swe checks the installation of two generators on the right canal of Ma Mya dam in Myanaung township.

http://volunteer-volunteerblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/ma-mya-dam-for-irrigation-and-power.html

Ma Mya dam on Ma Mya Gyi creek in Myanaung township was opened last year [2007]. The dam is located about a mile west of MP 17/0 on the Okshitpin – Pathein road. It was constructed to control the large volume of water that flows along the creek which originates in Rakhine mountain range and flows into Ayeyawady River and use it for irrigation purposes. It can also generate electricity. At present, the right canal has been constructed and is supplying water to 5,000 acres of farmlands to grow summer paddy. On a visit to the dam, accompanied by Staff Officer Khin Maung Than, I studied the supply of electricity to two villages in the area through the installation of micro hydropower generators at water outlets along the right canal of the dam. The Chinese-made 2-kW, 3-kW and 5-kW generators were installed [at] five water outlets together with turbine casing parts manufactured and installed by Construction Circle 9 of the Irrigation Dept. Engineers of the department calculated capacities of the turbine casings and draft tubes as well as the inflow of water and water level in installing the generators. Electricity is being supplied to Hmyinwahtaung and Ngabatkya villages.

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FULL POWER SUPPLY PROMISED FOR JULY

Ye Lwin, Myanmar Times, 04/06/07. http://mmtimes.com/no369/n002.htm

Regular electricity supplies later this year will depend on adequate water in the dams and reservoirs supplying 11 hydropower stations which generate 48pc of Myanmar’s total output, officials from EPM No 2 said last week. A regular supply of power was likely by mid-June, subject to the early arrival of the monsoon, the officials said. “One of the reasons why more electricity was supplied in May than April was due to heavy rain in the first week of May,” said U Aung Khine, the chief engineer of the YESB . “Last year, we managed to provide 24-hour electricity throughout the country from July 9 to December. This year, we will be able to provide 24-hour electricity no later than July 9,” U Aung Khine told the Myanmar Times.
As well as the 11 hydropower stations, Myanmar’s electricity supply is provided by nine natural gas turbines and five thermal power plants. A statement released by EPM No 2 on May 23 said the country’s total production capacity is 1542 MW but the amount being generated was 782 MW. The hydropower stations have a combined output of 738 MW but have been operating at 58.8 percent of capacity because of low water levels in the dams or reservoirs, the statement said.
During the summer season, only the Lawpita hydropower station, at the Moebwe dam in Kayah State, was able to operate at full capacity, the statement said. It said the nine natural gas turbines, which have a combined capacity of 450 MW, were operating at 42pc of capacity. To operate at capacity, the turbines need 206 million cubic feet a day but are receiving just under 102 million cubic feet a day on average, it said. The five thermal power plants have a combined output of 285 MW but are operating at 38pc of capacity, the statement said.
Demand for electricity in Yangon is 530 MW, of which 410 MW is for public consumption and 120 MW for industrial zones, said Col Maung Maung Latt, secretary of the YESB.
The 11 hydropower stations and a coal-fired thermal power plant are operated by EPM No 1, which is responsible for supplying the national grid. The natural gas turbines and the remaining thermal plants are under EPM No 2, which is responsible for transmission. Just under 50pc of electricity supply is distributed in Yangon division, 3.1pc is for Nay Pyi Taw and the balance goes to the rest of the country.
Additional references
See above ‘Full reservoirs to boost hydropower’ (MT: 19/11/07)

‘Gas in short supply to meet demand for electricity’ (MT: 17/09/07)

‘More gas needed for 24/7 power in Yangon’ (MT: 02/07/07)

See below: ‘Electricity supplies get boost from YESB plan’ (MT: 24/07/06)

‘Pipeline to solve electricity shortages’ (MT: 16/09/02)
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FACTORIES URGED TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION OF LAMPPOSTS AND WIRING

NLM, 30/05/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070530.htm

EPM No 2 Khin Maung Myint inspected the Maga lamp post factory in Hlinethaya IZ No 4 today. Factory manager U Toe Hlaing gave an account of the production process. The minister called for quality control and extensive production of lampposts in order to increase the supply of power and inspected the production line. He also inspected the Ne Lin Aung lamppost factory in Shwepyitha IZ where factory manager U Myint Tun reported on the production and distribution of lampposts. The minister stressed the importance of quality control and inspected the work site and the products.
Next, the minister inspected generators and factories under construction at Asian Golden Myanmar cable wire factory in the Shwepyitha IZ where factory owner U Shao Seng and factory manager U Kwun Wai explained the production process. The minister gave instructions on the products.
Later the minister met with lamppost factory owners and entrepreneurs at Sein Myodaw lamppost factory in Thadugan IZ [in Shwepyitha]. He told them that extensive production of lampposts was needed for the installation of wire lines in the power sector. Factories should speed up the production of quality lamp posts and distribute the products at reasonable prices, he added. Factory manager U Htay Win conducted the minister around the production area of the Sein Myodaw factory. Then the minister fulfilled the requirements of the factory.
Additional references
See above: ‘YESB: Five billion kyat spent on power line repair in Yangon’ (MT: 16/06/08)

See below: ‘Advanced insulator factory opened in Chauk township' (NLM: 04/09/10)

See also other articles under the category ‘Power Grids and Distribution Networks’. PG
NLM, 01/09/11. Edited. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-09-01.pdf

At the regular session of the Amyotha Hluttaw in Nay Pyi Taw on 31/08/11, U Maung Maung Soe from Thakayta constituency noted that some of the wooden lamp-posts had been substituted with concrete lamp-posts along the roads and streets of Thakayta Township since 1988. Presently, 175 wooden lamp- posts on 62 streets were in damaged condition with some having to be supported with buttresses. He asked whether there was a plan to substitute these damaged lamp-posts with new ones. EPM-2 Khin Maung Soe replied that since 1988, 10,448 wooden lamp-poles had been replaced with concrete posts. A total of 7316 concrete lamp-posts damaged in the Cyclone Nargis had been substituted with new ones in 2008. In FYs 2011-12 and 2012-13, plans call for a total of 9186 concrete lampposts to be installed in Yangon Region. In Thakayta township the YESB plans to substitute 90 lamp-posts in the third and fourth quarters of 2011-12 financial year and 85 in the first and second quarters of 2012- 2013 regardless of budget of the board.

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THAI COMPANY PURSUING BIG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN TANINTHAYI

Kyaw Thu, Myanmar Times, 21/05/07. [Issue 367 of the MT is not available on-line.]

Foreign investment in Myanmar hydropower is likely to soar in coming months as the government plans to sign a series of deals with neighbouring countries, an official from the EPM No 1 said on May 15. The government expects to sign deals for hydropower projects with companies from China and Thailand interested in implementing major power plants in eastern Shan state and Tanintharyi division, the official said on condition of anonymity.
“There are two hydropower project sites in eastern Shan state and one in Taninthayi division,” the ministry official said. The Shan state sites were sought by Chinese firms, while a Thai company was pursuing a project in Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi division, he added. “We are conducting data surveys for the project in Taninthayi division,” he said, adding that the surveys indicated a project there could generate 600 MW.
Meanwhile, the same official said that surveying at the Hutgyi dam site in Kayin State had been stopped over the rainy season and that a draft feasibility report on the project would be finished by July. Additional information required to finalise the report would be acquired when survey work resumes after the rainy season, he said. The Hutgyi hydropower plant is expected to cost US$1 billion and generate 600 MW. It is being developed by Myanmar’s HPID, EGAT and China’s Sinohydro Corp.
Compiler's note: For possible sites on the Taninthayi (Tenasserim) river see Burma 1:250,000: Series L509, U.S. Army Map: ND 47-14: Mergui and Thailand 1:250,000: Series L509, U.S. Army Map: ND 47-15: Hua Hin.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nd47-14.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/indochina_and_thailand/txu-oclc-6535632-nd47-15.jpg
Website reference

Sahaviriya Steel Industries Plc website information. [n.d.] www.ssi-steel.com/en/abt/abts.htm

Sahaviriya Steel Industries Plc, or SSI, was established in 1990 as Thailand's first manufacturer of hot-rolled steel sheet in coils (HRC). Today SSI has become the country's largest high-quality and high value-added steel sheet producer. At an investment cost of Bt13.3 billion (over US$500 million), SSI erected a modern hot strip mill with an annual production capacity of 2.4 million tonnes on a 480-acre plot of land in the Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Kirikhan Province, 400 km from Bangkok on the western coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Operations in Bang Saphan include a cold strip mill with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes, an electro-galvanizing mill with an annual production capacity of 180,000 tonnes, a deep-sea commercial port for ocean-going vessels, with annual through-put capacity of 6 million tonnes, as well as engineering and repair and maintenance services. The company's head office is located near Silom Road, in Bangkok's central business district. SSI employs over 800 persons, both in Bangkok and Bang Saphan.
Additional references
Data summary: Taninthayi

See above: ‘Villagers petition against dam construction on Anyaphaya creek’ (IRROL: 15/03/12)

‘Residents protest Kawthaung coal-fired power plant’ (Mizzima: 05/03/12)

‘Government cuts coal-fired power plant from Dawei project’ (MT: 16/01/12)

‘4000-megawatt power plant planned for Dawei deep-sea port’ (NLM:03/11/10)

‘Hydropower planned for border industrial zones’ (MT: 31/05/04)

Phyu Nu, Eleven Media, [undated, probably late 2011]. Edited, condensed and rewritten.

http://eversion.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295:thailand-to-build-hydropower-dam-on-taninthayi-river&catid=43:bi-weekly-eleven-news&Itemid=110

The Italian-Thai Development Company will build a dam on the Taninthayi river to generate hydroelectricity. Mr Ork, an environmentalist from Prachuab Kirikhan in Thailand said that geographical conditions are more favourable in Myanmar. He commented that some Thai companies are shifting pollution causing projects to Myanmar because of opposition from environmentalist groups in Thailand and weaknesses in environmental law in Myanmar. The dam will be built in Taninthayi township and is expected to generate about 800 megawatts of electricity. The power produced would be exported to Thailand. The Taninthayi river on which the dam is to be built has experienced waterway changes in recent years because of heavy deforestation in the area. It originates in the Dawei District and flows into the sea near Myeik.

NLM, 20/09/11. Edited. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs12/NLM2011-09-20.pdf

At the session of the Amyotha Hluttaw (Nationalities Chamber) of the Union Parliament on 19/09/11, U Than Myint of Taninthayi Region constituency-10 asked whether the EPM-1 had plans to implement a hydro power station with a generating capacity of 600 MW at Ganangwin village in Taninthayi township, as the project had been announced by the previous SPDC government. EPM-1 Zaw Min said an MoU on the project had been inked between the EPM-1 and and the Italian-Thai Development Co on 09/10/08 with the understanding that the project would be implemented under the J-V and BOT system. At present, the Ministry was making a detailed assessment of the project after receiving a report submitted by the Italian-Thai company on 28/03/11. “Compilation of the assessment report on the environmental impact of Taninthayi Project commenced on 10/12/10.” If the Ministry decided that the project was feasible to implement, detailed discussions concerning its economic impact would be undertaken. After that an MoU and joint venture contracts would be signed for implementation of the project.

NLM: 01/10/10. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/NLM2010-10-01.pdf

EPM-1 Zaw Min receives Premchai Karnasuta of Italian-Thai Development Public Co Ltd of Thailand in Nay Pyi Taw. They concentrate on cooperation in implementing projects.

Bangkok Post, 26/08/10. Excerpt. Edited.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/192949/new-spp-bidding-round-for-2000-mw-due-soon

Thailand will support the 600-MW Taninthargyi dam that will provide electricity to Burma's Dawei (Tavoy) port, where major infrastructure developments are planned, with Chinese backing. Italian-Thai Development Plc holds the concession, with the water resources unit of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Co as the adviser. The project will be completed in 2017.

Ko Shwe, Mizzima, 26/06/09. (edited and condensed)

http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/2362-tenasserim-hydropower-project-under-survey.html

A source interviewed by Mizzima advises that a local person from the Tenasserim valley area has been hired to monitor water levels in the river. The water monitor is being paid Baht 50,000 (US$ 1,500) per month by a survey group in Thailand for the monitoring operation. "In the hot season the river level is measured once a day and in the rainy season it is measured every hour,” the source said. It is believed the monitoring activities are related to a deal signed in October 2008 to construct a power dam and station on the Tenasserim. Villagers in the area said the survey group has marked two potential dam sites on the river. One near Ler Pa Doh village, called the upper potential dam site, and another near Muro village, called the lower potential dam site. The upper and lower potential dam sites are about three hours distance apart by boat. Other sources say Thai surveyors and Burmese soldiers visited the proposed dam sites in late December 2008 and collected sample stones and sand from the areas for examination. According to an official of the Mergui brigade of the KNU, which has a base in the area, this is the second time that Thai and Burmese authorities have collected information of this kind along the river. The first survey, conducted in 2007, saw KNU officials confiscate the survey equipment, including a Global Positioning System (GPS), cameras and other materials. [Compiler’s note: Ler Pa Doh appears to be the Karen name for a village on the Tenasserim (Taninthayi) river identified on topographic map ND 47-14 (above) as Sanpe (12° 45’ N, 98° 57 E) grid sqare 10\09, 23\09. Note the series of rapids in thre river immediately to the north of the village. The location of Muro is not certain.]

Myanmar Country Report on Power Development Plans, 21/11/2008. Slide 15.

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/Mekong/Proceedings/FG7-RPTCC7-Annex3.4-Myanmar-Presentation.pdf

Italian-Thai Development Co is to develop a 600-MW capacity hydropower facilitiy in Taninthayi division.

Bangkok Post, 12/10/08. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=131360

Burma has signed an agreement with Thailand and with Singapore companies to provide electricity from a Burmese hydro-power project. It is understood that the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, or Egat, signed on behalf of Thailand.

NLM, 12/10/08. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/08nlm/n081012.htm

A signing ceremony was held in Nay Pyi Taw on 09/10/12 for the Taninthayi hydropower project which will be undertaken by the Department of Hydropower Implementation (HPID), the Italian-Thai Development Co Plc of Thailand and Wind Fall Energy Services Ltd (BVI) of Singapore. The MoU was signed by the director-general of HPID and Pres Premchai Karnasuta of Ital-Thai who explained about the project. Among those witnessing the ceremony was Director Chua Chay Jin and party of Windfall Energy Services. The power project is expected to generate 600 MW.

NLM, 25/03/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070325.htm

EPM No 1 Zaw Min reports to the SPIC that theTaninthayi hydel power project will be undertaken on the Taninthayi river, about 37 miles from Myeik. The project will generate 600 MW.

The Nation (Bangkok), 06/12/05. http://www.sea-user.org/news-detail.php?news_id=1478

Egat Plc is set to ink an agreement with the Burmese electricity authority on Friday to form a J-V to construct at least five hydropower plants in Burma with a combined capacity of 10,000 MW. CEO Kraisi Karnasuta said yesterday that the energy ministers of the two countries would witness the signing ceremony. The MoU will encourage the J-V to put up a hydropower plant at the Wegyi Dam in Burma. A second [hydropower] plant will be located opposite Prachuap Khiri Khan province, with a capacity of 600 MW. The output will be supplied directly to the Sahaviriya Steel mill in the province.

NLM, 28/04/04. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/04nlm/n040428.htm

General Than Shwe at a co-ordination meeting of the National Electric Power Development Committee: Other major electric power projects are . . . the 600-MW Taninthayi project in Taninthayi division.

Source of information MEPE?, [n.d.]

www.aseanenergy.org/energy_sector/electricity/myanmar/future_electricity_projects.htm

Nippon Koei CL prepared preliminary report for the 600-MW Tanintharyi hydropower project with estimated annual production of 3,476 million kWh.

Myanmar Snap Trade Directory [undated: circa 1999. http://www.myanmarsnap.com/investment07.asp

A preliminary study by Nippon Koei of a 600-MW hydropower project in Taninthayi division is under negotiation. Power produced would be for export to Thailand.

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