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…
Category: Electricity
Coal in the spotlight as Suu Kyi govt ponders energy policy
Coal would be one of the quickest ways to ramp up power generation, but the option is unpopular in Burma.
Northwest Rangoon braces for 30-hour power cut
Burma is currently implementing a 15-year World Bank plan to bring electricity to more than seven million households by 2030.
Power plant fuelled by rubbish comes online in Rangoon
Rangoon’s first power plant to turn waste into energy was christened in the commercial capital on Friday.
Rural Burma still lit by candles, kerosene and batteries
Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.
Protesters rail against hydropower as sectoral workshop held in Myitkyina
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…