An instruction has been issued to the relevant authorities to move electric meters from utility poles to more prominent place for the public, said U Soe Myint, deputy permanent secretary of Ministry of Electricity and Energy.  “We’ve instructed that the meter boxes be relocated to more visible places. The public needn’t pay the costs for […]

The Japanese corporation Fujita is conducting a feasibility study on implementing production of electricity and fertilizer from waste in Monywa, according to Kyaw Myo Win, chairman of Monywa Township Municipal Committee. The Osaka based Zaibatsu will provide 40 percent through its Myanmar branch while the remaining 60 percent will be provided by the regional government. […]

Government suffers losses of K1.6 billion per year as each of 45 townships in Yangon Region see loss of electricity units worth about K30 million every month, said MP Yan Aung for Mingalar Taungnyunt Township Constituency No (2). The MP made the remark in his question about any plan to prevent electricity unit losses and […]

YANGON—An opening ceremony Thursday marked the completion of the first phase of electricity generation from Myanmar’s first solar power plant, which has been added to the national grid to supplement the country’s power needs. Located in Minbu Township, in upper Myanmar’s Magwe Region, the Minbu Solar Power Plant was developed by Green Earth Power (Myanmar) […]

In January 2018, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy took a big punt on imported liquefied natural gas. At a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on January 30, it signed “notices to proceed” with the sponsors of three LNG-to-power projects totalling almost 3,000 megawatts. With Myanmar’s hydropower projects delayed and output from domestic gas fields […]

YANGON — Myanmar will raise electricity prices for the first time in five years, with rates as much as tripling for households and nearly doubling for businesses. The government’s just-announced tariff increases take effect this coming Monday and will bring relief to money-losing utilities that have sold power for far below generating costs. With urbanites buying […]

YANGON — Myanmar needs to invest twice as much and implement projects three times faster to address its rapidly growing demand for electricity, the World Bank said. The figures presented in its Myanmar Economic Monitor, a biannual report released on Tuesday, indicated that Myanmar’s electricity supply will further deteriorate without a steep increase in investment by […]

YANGON—To sustain economic growth, Myanmar needs to invest up to US$2 billion (3.06 trillion kyats) annually in its electricity sector, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday. In the report, “Myanmar Economic Monitor: Building Reform Momentum”, the World Bank said Myanmar’s economic growth is expected to rise to 6.5 percent in fiscal 2018-19, […]

YANGON — The European consortium behind a 1,230-megawatt power project in Tanintharyi Region has proposed scaling back its plans amid stalled talks with the government over financial terms. However, a senior government official told Frontier the revised proposal is unlikely to be accepted and the project now faces the prospect of suspension or cancellation. French energy giant […]

Aizawl: The Mizoram government will soon commission two micro hydroelectric power projects, which will generate 0.20 MW power, power and electricity minister R Lalzirliana told the state legislature on Friday. Construction of a 0.10-MW micro hydroelectric power project at Tuiriza near Saitual village in Aizawl district and another 0.10-MW Tuiching micro hydroelectric power plant near […]