Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing received Ambassador of  Timor-Leste Mr Joao Freitas de Camara at Union Minister’s guest hall yesterday afternoon. During the meeting matters relating to sharing Myanmar’s experience in electricity and energy sector development, increasing investment of international companies in Myanmar electricity and energy sector, experience of gradually privatizing […]

Maersk Drilling said on Friday that the drilling contract was for the Maersk Viking drillship. The contract is expected to start et 2019 end.  According to the drilling company, the 154-day contract is valued $33 million, including a mobilization fee. POSCO will have an option to extend the contract for one more well. The Maersk […]

AC Energy Inc. has formalized its entry inti Myanmar’s renewable energy (RE) market by forging ties with a Singapore-based company. In a disclosure on Monday, Ayala Corp. said Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. (Yoma Strategic) will form a strategic partnership with its power arm AC Energy. “Yoma Strategic and AC Energy are looking to establish a […]

The Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) has allowed private metered electricity boxes for civil servants in particular shared households. Yangon Region minister for Electricity, Industry and Transportation Daw Nilar Kyaw said residents can apply for a household meter with the respective township electricity manager. “When electricity charges were raised in placeswhere residents use ashared meter […]

This year has been rough for the 70 million people who call the Mekong River basin home:  a severe drought rocked the region for months before yielding to deadly flooding. The Mekong slowed to its lowest level in recorded history, knocking the world’s largest freshwater fishery—Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake—out of balance. The drought hurt the region’s fishing and farming […]

It’s being called the “impossible” tender – and it’s worth upwards of a billion dollars. In late June, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise issued a tender for five emergency power projects, totalling 1,040 megawatts: two smaller plants that would use gas supplied by the government, and three larger projects that […]

Yangon – Industry experts have criticized the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s plan to produce electricity with gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) via a floating power plant to meet the rising demand in Yangon by mid-2020. The ministry invited international bids in June for the 1,040-megawatt (MW) project. U Aye Kyaw Kyaw, secretary of […]

A submission for the government to acquire land for a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station in Yangon Region will be submitted in the coming budget year, said Yangon Region Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Energy U Han Tun during the sitting of  the Regional Hluttaw (assembly) on Thursday.  The submission will also be […]

A recent electricity price hike has fuelled optimism among companies selling rooftop solar systems to factories, but a lack of knowledge and financing challenges continue to hold back sales. By THOMAS KEAN | FRONTIER JUNE 25 was a good day for Mr Kapil Seth. The government had just announced a big electricity price increase from July […]

Myanmar is producing over 5,600 megawatts of electricity from state owned and private owned power plants across the country and Ministry of Electricity and Energy has another three power projects in Kanpauk, Ahlon and Milaunggyine for future plan, according to the ministry. More than 4.9 million out of over 10.8 million family households in Myanmar […]