World Bank warns Myanmar to double electricity sector investment
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 and rest of country facing more power cuts
According to a statement from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, it will not be able to meet Yangon’s electricity demands this summer and it is having to ration electricity.
Yangon consumes more than 1,548 MW
The highest power consumption in Yangon Region is more than 1,548 megawatts, said Union Minister for Electricity and Energy Win Khaing at a meeting with industrialists and factory owners. Currently, the total power generation by power plants is about 3,586 MW. Yangon consumes about 1548.23 MW in maximum, accounting for nearly half of the total […]
Yangon Region losing electricity units worth over K1.6bn yearly
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 to implement waste-to-energy system with Japan
YANGON- Under Japanese sponsorship ,Myanmar will be carrying out preservation of water waste and to generate energy from rubbish in Yangon, says Yangon Mayor Maung Maung Soe at the press conference held in Yangon City Hall yesterday.
Yangon to make efforts to open new CNG fuelling station
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 […]
YESC to ration out power
angon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) yesterday issued a statement, saying that it will save and control its power production and distribution in order to stabilize the power system until the upper region gets rains. Power production from hydropower plants have declined as temperature soar to record highs this summer. Since May 1, this year, Yangon […]
Yoma JV builds 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants for rural Myanmar
YOMA Micro Power (YMP) has finished building 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants which will help power rural Myanmar, it said on Friday. YMP, a joint venture of Myanmar-focused Yoma Strategic Holdings, finished setting up the power plants after it initially started the rollout to build them in March 2019.