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    Tagged: energy

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Burmese president awaits key report on Myitsone

    A second report covering the Myitsone dam project on the Irrawaddy River will soon be submitted to the Burmese president for his consideration.

    Development Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘There are other options’ besides mega-dams

    Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma’s options for meeting its energy needs.

    Electricity Lead Story News Rangoon

    Power line clear-up planned for Rangoon

    The move follows a chain of fatal incidents across the country, including the electrocution of a seven-year-old girl in Magwe earlier this week.

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    Electricity Energy Lead Story News

    Burma to have universal access to electricity by 2030: minister

    Burma’s energy minister tells parliament that it will take another decade and a half for the the country realise its goal of universal access to electricity.

    Business Lead Story News

    Slew of foreign investments approved before govt power transfer

    Foreign direct investment in the fiscal year ending in March grew to nearly $9 billion, after a rush of last-minute approvals.

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    Business Weekly

    Catch up on the latest Burmese investment and business news.

    Business Lead Story News

    Oil and gas experts predict Burmese boomtown

    Despite the slump in energy prices, oil and gas fields in Burma will soon be the busiest in Asia as investors begin to ratchet up their explorations.

    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News

    Business weekly 31 July

    This week in business; Myanmar Brewery in deal dispute, Mercedes releases new car for Rangoon traffic, and a Thai telecoms firm ventures into the Burmese market.

    Business Weekly Lead Story News

    Business weekly 19 June

    In business this week: Central Bank moves to prevent commodity price hike; health insurance to go on sale; Burma’s AIIB coffers confirmed.

    Business Weekly Development Lead Story News

    Business weekly 24 April

    In business this week: historic Wold Bank funding package; foreign investment double that of last year; Thilawa SEZ to open imminently.

    Energy Foreign Affairs Lead Story News

    Russia and Burma discuss ‘favourable conditions’ for nuclear technology

    Burma and Russia in dialogue over the necessary conditions for the introduction of nuclear technologies to the country, according to Rosatom official.

    Energy Interactive Lead Story News Polls Technology & Science

    POLL: Should Burma invest in ‘clean’ energies?

    As Solar Impulse 2 stops over in Mandalay, DVB want to know if our readers feel the pilots’ message of a “clean” future is relevant to Burma.

    Around the world on sunlight video

    Lead Story News Video

    Around the world on sunlight

    A futuristic plane will make its way to Manadalay, as two pilots attempt the first ever around the world flight by a solar powered aircraft.

    Business Lead Story News Tenasserim

    Everyone will benefit from Myeik power plant, says Burmese developer

    DVB speaks with Ye Min Aung on the potential benefits of the Myeik coal-fired power plant.

    Energy Environment Health Lead Story News

    Burma, Japan and Thailand sign MoU to build Myeik power plant

    Multinational consortium going ahead with plans to build coal-fired power plant that some locals say will damage their health and Tenasserim’s pristine coastal environment.

    Business Weekly Lead Story News

    BUSINESS WEEKLY 26 SEPTEMBER 2014

    Germany’s KfW and GIZ pledge €27 million for development; Govt gives green light for wine imports; Nestlé to open factory in Burma; Burmese investment forum held in New York; CAOG Sarl to begin energy production

    Environment Ethnic issues Lead Story Natural resources News

    Govt says Tasang dam will benefit Burma

    Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.

    Mon govt pressures Thai energy giant video

    Lead Story Mon Natural resources News

    Mon govt pressures Thai energy giant

    The government of Mon State has requested that energy giants Toyo-Thai produce a long overdue feasibility study for a new coal burning power plant.

    Business Lead Story News

    US to build two solar energy plants in Burma

    The United States has reached an agreement with the Burmese government to develop two solar energy plants, the office of the US Trade Representative announced on Thursday.

    Development Lead Story News

    Arakan towns to join national grid

    The towns of Taungup and Sandoway were previously scheduled to light up in May under the government scheme but work-related delays pushed the project back a month.

    Energy price hike sparks outrage video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    Energy price hike sparks outrage

    Four people have been arrested in Mandalay and two in Rangoon for protesting against a government-backed energy price hike, which will come into effect on 1 April.

    Development Lead Story News

    Revised energy prices closer to consumer demands

    The President’s office has introduced a revised energy-pricing scheme to parliament that raises the cost of energy for consumers, but not as drastically as previously proposed.

    Business Weekly Lead Story News

    BURMA BUSINESS WEEKLY – 28 February 2014

    Business in Burma this week: Japanese firm plans shopping mall for Rangoon; Inflation rate doubles; Eighth domestic airline takes to the skies; Chevrolet and Toyota to open showrooms in Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Electric Power Minister promises to review price hike

    Burma’s Minister of Electric Power Khin Maung Soe apologised to the public for the recent increase in electricity prices and promised that the decision would be reviewed in parliament.

    Business Lead Story News

    Thai firm says no to Burma due to unreliable electricity supply

    Thailand’s leading calcium-carbonate producer SurintOmya Chemicals rules out the possibility of investing in Burma in the short term, citing unreliable electricity supply.

    News Politics

    Burma eyes ‘symbolic’ energy deals with the West

    A number of lucrative energy contracts are likely to be handed to Western firms in April, when the Burmese government is set to open a long-awaited bidding round for some two dozen off-shore oil and gas tenders

    Analysis

    The pipeline and its discontents

    Residents of Kyaukphyu in western Burma are becoming restless as the controversial Shwe Gas and Oil Project nears completion

    World Bank to assist Burma’s energy sector video

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    World Bank to assist Burma’s energy sector

    The World Bank Group is providing Burma with US$ 165 million in interest free loans and says it will support the construction of the country’s energy sector.

    News Politics

    Locals protest against new power plant

    About 100 people in Tenasserim division’s Kawthaung town protested in the streets on Tuesday morning against a coal power plant that recently became operational

    Business News

    Energy giants gauge Burma’s potential ahead of tender

    As international energy giants flock to Rangoon for the 2nd Myanmar Oil, Gas and Power road show this week, western and Asian operators are scoping out investment opportunities in Southeast Asia’s final frontier market

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