Burma is planning to double its electric power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, two senior officials say, in an ambitious move to tackle chronic power shortages…

Burma is planning to double its electric power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, two senior officials say, in an ambitious move to tackle chronic power shortages…
Coal would be one of the quickest ways to ramp up power generation, but the option is unpopular in Burma.
Burma is currently implementing a 15-year World Bank plan to bring electricity to more than seven million households by 2030.
Rangoon’s first power plant to turn waste into energy was christened in the commercial capital on Friday.
Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.
Activists and members of the public in Myitkyina staged a protest on Tuesday against hydroelectric dam proposals as a workshop was being held in the Kachin State capital to discuss…