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 […]
Myanmar hikes electricity rates to fund grid investments
July 1, 2019 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: electric power infrastructure, electricity, gas-fired power plants, hydropower, investments, money-losing utilities, Myanmar
$187M Road Planned on Myanmar’s West Coast for ‘Security’ and ‘Development’
December 10, 2018 by Thiha
A coastal road stretching 274 kilometers (170 miles) from Rakhine State’s Thandwe to Gaw Yin Gyi Island in Irrawaddy Region’s Ngapudaw Township will be built at a cost of around 300 billion kyats ($187 million), according to Irrawaddy Region Minister for Finance and Planning U Htay Win. At the instruction of President U Win Myint, […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bay of Bengal, coastal, deep-sea ports, gas-fired power plants, Gaw Yin Gyi Island, Irrawaddy, Kan Thar Yar Beach, Kyuauk Kyun Bridge, minister for finance and planning, Ngapali Beach, Ngapudaw Township, Pathein Bridge, Rakhine State, region, Shwe Thaung Yan Bridge, Thandwe
Myanmar power plans could spare the Salween
February 16, 2018 by thiha
Myanmar and Thailand have announced plans for major gas power projects, as well as greater moves to adopt renewable energy sources. The news will cheer conservationists battling to prevent large dams being built on major rivers in the north of Myanmar. Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi-led government aims to tackle the country’s chronic power shortage […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), gas-fired power plants, International Finance Corporation, Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Mong Ton Dam, Myanmar, Myitsone Dam, PTT, Rakhine State, strategic environmental assessment (SEA), Thai Ministry of Energy, Thailand, World Bank
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