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Myanmar opts for domestic power generation

August 24, 2017 by

Plans are underway to generate electricity from local power plants even though China, Thailand, Laos and India have offered to sell their electricity to Myanmar, a senior official of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) said. Details on arrangements to buy electricity from other countries have yet to be made available, and is not […]

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Exclusive: Hungry for power, Myanmar bets on hydro in new energy plan

September 16, 2016 by

YANGON (Reuters) – Electricity-starved Myanmar is looking to overhaul its long-term power strategy, aiming to hike the planned share of hydropower in its energy mix at the cost of polluting coal as it tries to attract foreign investment. The new democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi has made job creation one of its top […]

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‘Korea’s tech transfers key to Myanmar’s reforms’

June 16, 2016 by

YANGON, Myanmar — With Myanmar spurring political, economic and administrative reforms, technological assistance coupled with financial aid from Korea and other industrial powerhouses will help expedite the country’s ongoing transformation, according to a senior official at Myanmar’s ruling party. Hantha Myint, chief of the economic committee within the National League for Democracy led by Aung […]

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