Electrical industry of burma/myanmar

MAJOR THERMAL STATIONS AND SUPPLY NETWORKS TS
N.B. The highlighted article below includes links to key articles dealing with the pipeline system that connects the major gas fields to the more important thermal power stations.
SHWE GAS WILL ELECTRIFY RAKHINE STATE: MINISTER (MT: 23/01/12)

ADDITIONAL GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS TO BE BUILT IN YANGON (MT: 05/12/11)

HTOO TRADING TO BUILD COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN YANGON SUBURB (MT: 28/03/10)

POWER SUPPLY IMPROVES IN RANGOON (Mizzima: 28/07/09)

GAS TURBINE FAILURE RESTRICTS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN YANGON (Xiinhua: 01/02/09)

MORE GAS TO BE DIVERTED FROM YADANA FOR NATIONAL USE (MT: 14/01/08)

GAS IN SHORT SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY (MT: 17/09/07)

MORE GAS NEEDED FOR 24/7 POWER IN YANGON (MT: 02/07/07)

YWAMA POWER STATION DEPENDENT ON GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (NLM: 01/02/07)

ARAKAN OFFSHORE GAS RESERVED TO MEET DEMAND IN MYANMAR (PTI: 19/01/07)

THAKETA POWER STATION IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION HUB (NLM: 13/12/06)

INVENTORY OF GENERATING PLANTS, TRANSMISSION GRIDS, PROJECTS (NLM: 30/07/06)

COAL-FIRED TIGYIT PLANT NEARS COMPLETION (MT: 25/04/05)

MAWLAMYAING POWER STATION OPERATING AT REDUCED CAPACITY (NLM: 27/10/02)

PIPELINE TO SOLVE ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES (MT: 16/09/02)

GAS-FIRED ELECTRIC POWER PLANT AT THATON UPGRADED (MT: 01/10/01)

CHRONOLOGY OF THE CANCELED LIGNITE POWER PLANT AT TACHILEK (NLM: 10/05/00)

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT IN AHLON TOWNSHIP OPENED (MIC: 15/09/99)

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT LAUNCHED AT HLAWGA (Reuters: 02/05/99)

YADANA GAS WILL FIRE ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS IN MYANMAR (MP: Sept 1995)

GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS OF THE AYEYAWADDY VALLEY: NOTES (Appendix 4)

DIESEL-OPERATED GENERATING PLANTS IN MYANMAR: NOTES (Appendix 5)

USE OF YADANA GAS FOR POWER GENERATION AND INDUSTRY: CHRONOLOGY (Appendix 6)

COGENERATION POTENTIAL OF MYANMAR’S PRODUCTION OF SUGARCANE (Appendix 17)

MONG KHOK COAL RESERVES STIR INTEREST IN STEAM DRIVEN POWER PLANT (Appendeix 25)
CP012: THERMAL POWER STATIONS: OPERATIONAL DATA

CP013: THERMAL POWER PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING OR IMPLMENTATION
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OVERVIEW OV
POWER DAM PROJECTS TO BENEFIT FOREIGNERS: ENVIRO GROUPS (IRROL: 31/01/11)

SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANS (NLM: 07/03/10)

ENERGY EXPORTS TO FUEL GDP GROWTH (Myanmar Times: 04/01/10)

PLENTIFUL WATER RESOURCES TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY (NLM: 31/12/09)

SECOND SEMINAR ON HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HELD (MT: 14/09/09)

FULL RESERVOIRS TO BOOST HYDROPOWER (MT: 19/11/07)

FULL POWER SUPPLY PROMISED FOR JULY (MT: 04/06/07)

LOW WATER LEVELS HINDER POWER DISTRIBUTION (MT: 02/04/07)

COMPLETION OF HYDROPOWER PLANTS ASSIGNED HIGHEST PRIORITY (MT: 12/02/07)

POWER SUPPLY IMPROVES AFTER YEARS OF ABNORMAL STATUS (XN: 02/09/06)

INVENTORY OF GENERATING PLANTS, TRANSMISSION GRIDS, PROJECTS (NLM: 30/07/06)

GOVERNMENT WILL PRIORITIZE HYDROPOWER PROJECTS OVER GAS (MT: 10/07/06)

NATIONAL UPDATE ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS (NLM, 18-22/01/06)

PRIVATE SECTOR PROMOTING INTEREST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

STATE'S ELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS (NLM: 25-27/04/05)

REVIEW OF ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENTS UP TO 2000 (BT: July 2002)

MORE INPUTS NEEDED TO POWER A HYDRO FUTURE (MT: 04/06/01)

ELECTRICITY POTENTIAL OF ENERGY SOURCES AVAILABLE IN MYANMAR (EM: 2001)

MYANMAR'S TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY EXPORT (MT: 12/06/00)

GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN MYANMAR (WB: 18/08/99)

BURMA EYES PRIVATE POWER PRODUCERS (Nation: 13/02/96)

PLATTS ELECTRIC POWER PROFILE FOR MYANMAR (Appendix 7)

HYDRO-POWERING THE REGIME (Appendix 8)

KEY WEBSITES FOR ACCESSING INFO ON MYANMAR’S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY (Appendix 11)

COUNTRY REPORT OF MYANMAR AT THE FRANCO – ASEAN SEMINAR (Appendix 15)

MYANMAR REPORT ON POWER PLANS AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS - ADB: 11-08 (Appendix 23)

ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY IN MYANMAR (Appendix 24)

GENERATING CAPACITY OF GRID-LINKED POWER PLANTS IN MYANMAR (Appendix 27)
CP001: POWER GENERATED AND SOLD BY ELECTRIC POWER ENTERPRISES: 1971 – PRESENT

CP002: GENERATION BY TYPE OF SOURCE: 1971 – PRESENT

CP010: DOMESTIC HYDROPOWER PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION OR PLANNING

CP011: MAJOR DOMESTIC HYDROPOWER STATIONS: OPERATIONAL DATA

CP012: THERMAL POWER STATIONS: OPERATIONAL DATA

CP013: THERMAL POWER PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING OR IMPLMENTATION

CP014: FOREIGN INVESTMENT DRIVEN HYDROPOWER PROJECTS (EP)
CP020: EXISTING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM: MID-2007
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POWER GRID AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS PG
N.B. The highlighted article below includes links to some of the key articles related to the national power grid.
SHWE GAS WILL ELECTRIFY RAKHINE STATE: MINISTER (MT: 23/01/12)

RURAL VILLAGES URGED TO FORM “SELF-RELIANT” POWER COMMITTEES (NLM: 26/10/11)

RURAL REPS QUESTION MINISTER OVER GRID CONNECTIONS (NLM: 25/08/11)

MINISTER CLARIFIES GRID CONNECTION PLANS FOR CHIN STATE (NLM: 22/03/11)

GRID SUPPLY CONTRACTS SIGNED WITH ELECTRICAL SERVICE FIRMS (NLM: 05/03/11) TOWERS ON HLINETHAYA-AHLON POWER GRID UNDER CONSTRUCTION (NLM: 31/01/11) ADVANCED INSULATOR FACTORY OPENED IN CHAUK TOWNSHIP (NLM: 24/03/07)

CHINESE ENGINEERS PLANNING GRID CONNECTION WITH BURMA PROJECTS (IRROL: 23/01/10)

RISKY JOB FOR LINE CREW ON BAGO RIVER CROSSING PYLONS (NLM: 27/02/09)

FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE YANGON ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD (NLM: 31/08/08)

YESB: FIVE BILLION KYAT SPENT ON POWER LINE REPAIR IN YANGON (MT: 16/06/08)

POWER CUTS WIDESPREAD FOLLOWING CYCLONE (AP, Reuters: 05/05/08)

POWER HUNGRY MYAUNGDAGAR INDUSTRIAL ZONE NEARLY READY (MT: 25/02/08)

FISHERIES FACTORIES OFFERED 24-HOUR POWER (MT: 09/07/07)

MYANMAR ELECTRIC POWER ENTERPRISE: FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES (ESCAP: July 2007)

ELECTRICITY MINISTERS BUSY IN BEIJING AND KUNMING (NLM: 13/06/07)

FACTORIES URGED TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION OF LAMPPOSTS AND WIRING (NLM: 30/05/07)

THAKETA POWER STATION IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION HUB (NLM: 13/12/06)

LETPANPIN VILLAGE PLUGGED INTO NATIONAL GRID (Embassy of Japan: 03/10/06)

SOUTH KOREA' S KEPCO TO STUDY IMPROVING POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM (MT: 31/07/06)

INVENTORY OF GENERATING PLANTS, TRANSMISSION GRIDS, PROJECTS (NLM: 30/07/06)

YANGON ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES GET BOOST FROM YESB PLAN (MT: 24/07/06)

THAHTAY CREEK DAM AND OTHER HYDROPOWER PROJECTS IN ARAKAN (NLM: 20/04/06)

MYANMAR EXPORTS FIRST DOMESTIC TRANSFORMER (MT: 30/05/05)

CABLE FACTORY AND FOUNDRY OPENED IN INDAGAW INDUSTRIAL ZONE (NLM: 04/04/05)

PAUNGLAUNG PLANT TO SUPPLY MANDALAY WITH 24-HOUR ELECTRICITY (MT: 16/08/04)

SHWELI TRANSMISSION LINE CONTRACT SIGNED (People/s Daily Online: 10/10/03)

LOCAL TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURERS FACE TOUGH COMPETITION (MT: 27/01/03)

MORE INPUTS NEEDED TO POWER A HYDRO FUTURE (MT: 04/06/01)

EXPERTS DIFFER OVER HOW TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER SUPPLY (MT: 11/12/00)

POWER PARTS PROVE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS FOR GUNKUL ENGINEERING (MT: 28/08/00)

GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN MYANMAR (WB: 18/08/99)

POWER TRADING IN THE GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGION (GMS) (Appendix 14)

COUNTRY REPORT OF MYANMAR AT THE FRANCO – ASEAN SEMINAR (Appendix 15)

IMPACT OF CYCLONE NARGIS ON MYANMAR’S ELECTRICITY SECTOR (Appendix 16)

MYANMAR REPORT ON POWER PLANS AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS - ADB: 11-08 (Appendix 23)

ELECTRIC IRRIGATION PUMP PROJECTS IN MYANMAR (Appendix 29)

WORK REPORTED UNDERWAY ON 500-KV GRID UPGRADE (Appendix 31)

CP020: EXISTING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM: MID-2007

NATIONAL HIGH-VOLTAGE GRID SYSTEM MAPS (Annex 1)

Burma/Myanmar’s transmission system and distribution networks have not attracted much attention outside of the country itself. The best recent source for an overview of the system is a report made by Myanmar representatives at an ADB consultation in November, 2008 and an ASEAN seminar in September 2007. This presentation can be compared with the inventory of the country’s transmission and distribution networks in July 2006 by the newly appointed Minister of Electric Power No 2. The commentary and references accompanying the grid system maps in Annex 1 provides a useful context for understanding the barebones details of both of the reports noted above. Clues as to where the country’s transmission and distribution systems are headed are also provided by articles reporting on a series of studies funded by South Korea and carried out by KEPCO since 2001.
International power trading, particularly among the countries of the Greater Mekong region, is attracting greater attention, as is cross-border transmission of electricity from Burma/Myanmar with its rich hydropower potential. In particular, power purchase deals have been arranged or are under discussion with companies of three of Burma/Myanmar’s neighbours in connection with more than twnty large hydropower projects in border areas of the country. A recently published national grid map (ELPG003D) shows these projects linked with the national transmission system through a network of 500 kV lines. News reports indicate that up to 20% of the power generated by these stations will be fed into the national system through this network. For details about each of this hydropower export projects consult Index EP above
Burma/Myanmar is still heavily dependent on foreign suppliers for the equipment and expertise needed to develop its high-voltage transmission system. Chinese firms, in particular, have become key bidders and suppliers of power station equipment. But some local companies are responding to the challenge. Soe Electric and Machine Tools Co in South Dagon IZ and Yangon Transformer and Electrical Co in Shwepyitha IZ are both producing transformers of varied ratings for the expanding network of sub-power stations throughout the country. A state-owned cable factory in the Indagaw industrial subdivision near Bago is said to be producing 1,600 tons of aluminum cable annually for MEPE’s transmission grids and distribution networks. India’s Exim Bank has recently granted Myanmar a $20-million dollar line of credit to build a second ACSR wire factory in Magway. Local factories are also producing power poles (lamp posts), wiring and insulators for use in distribution networks.
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RENEWABLE SOURCES AND SMALL GENERATING FACILITIES SF
N.B. The titles in bold provide a rich source of links to other key articles on the same subject.
ENERGY WORKSHOP PROMOTES SMALL-SCALE ELECTRICITY GENERATION (MT: 13/02/12)

GUNKUL ENGINEERING TO GENERATE WIND POWER IN SOUTHEAST MYANMAR (MT: 14/11/11)

INDUSTRY-2 PROJECT PLANS TO LIGHT UP 5000 VILLAGES (MT: 08/08/11)

LOCAL ELECTRICITY PLANT POWERS VILLAGE METAL WORKSHOPS IN THABYU (NLM: 27/03/11) HYDROPOWER MINISTER EXPLAINS APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PROJECTS (NLM: 24/03/11)

UNION GOV’T NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SMALL-SCALE POWER PROJECTS (NLM: 23/03/11)

MINISTER CLARIFIES GRID CONNECTION PLANS FOR CHIN STATE (NLM: 22/03/11)

YWATHAYA VILLAGE LIGHTED UP BY SOLAR POWER (NLM: 26/01/11)

MADAY DAM SERVING FARMERS OF KANMA TOWNSHIP (NLM: 14/01/11)

RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES (MYANMAR) (MES: mid-2010?)

RICE HUSKS USED TO POWER URBAN WARDS (Myanmar Times: 23/08/10)

BIOGAS-FUELED GENERATING SYSTEM AT BAPTIST AGRI-TRAINING FARM (EchoAsia: 15/03/10)

RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM HELD IN YANGON (Myanmar Times: 04/01/10)

DEALERS REPORT STRONG INCREASE IN THE SALE OF SOLAR POWER SETS (MZZ: 06/10/09)

PM CALLS FOR BIO-BATTERIES IN EVERY CYCLONE-HIT HOUSEHOLD (NLM: 07/04/09)

THAILAND TO ASSIST MYANMAR IN STUDY OF WIND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY (Xin: 12/03/09)

INDIAN SOLAR LANTERNS TO LIGHT UP MYANMAR HUTS (PTI: 07/02/09)

ELECTRICITY FLOWING FROM MONK-DRIVEN PROJECTS IN MON STATE (MNA: 05/02/09)

SELF RELIANT HYDROPOWER PLANT SERVING 600 HOMES IN KANAN (NLM: 30/01/09)

PADDY HUSK-FIRED ENGINE USED TO IRRIGATE CROPS IN BALAR REGION (NLM: 08/01/09)

MINI-HYDRO FACILITIES SLATED FOR DAMS IN KYAUKTAW TOWNSHIP (NLM: 26/11/08)

BONTALAR HYDROPOWER STATION IN MATUPI VISITED (NLM: 23/11/08)

GENERATOR FIRED BY PHYSIC NUT OIL SUPPLYING POWER IN WAMMAISON (NLM: 28/09/08)

NATCHAUNG MODEL VILLAGE WELL SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRIC POWER (NLM: 15/09/08)

HOMEMADE LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR NOODLE VENDOR (MT: 21/07/08)

RICE HUSK GASIFIERS TO SPUR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (MT: 21/07/08)

PHARMA FACTORY NOMINATED FOR ENERGY AWARD (MT: 16/06/08)

MYANMAR TO BUILD FIRST STORM-RESISTANT MODEL VILLAGE (Bernama: 12/06/08)

BIOGAS PRODUCTION AND ENGINE CONVERSION TO BIOGAS (JITE: 02/08)

ADDITIONAL HYDROPOWER GENERATION PLANNED FOR PUTAO (NLM, 25/01/08)

PATHI HYDROPOWER PLANT INAUGURATED IN TOUNGOO TOWNSHIP (NLM: 03/01/08)

PYIN-U-LWIN HYDROPOWER PROJECTS SPEEDED UP (NLM: 30/11/07)

NORTH YAMA SUPPORT DAM TO GENERATE 250 KILOWATTS (NLM: 29/11/07)

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS OPENED IN 2007 (NLM: 11/10/07)

VILLAGE RICE-HUSK POWER PLANT WILL SERVE AS RESEARCH CENTRE (MT: 24/09/07)

RISING WORLD LEAD PRICES ZAP LOCAL BATTERY MARKET (MT: 10/09/07)

PLANS FOR 7-MILLION-DOLLAR RICE-HUSK POWER PLANT EDGE FORWARD (MT: 27/08/07)

RICE-HUSK GENERATORS SLATED FOR VILLAGES IN YANGON DIVISION (MT: 11/06/07)

MA MYA DAM PUT INTO SERVICE IN MYANAUNG TOWNSHIP (NLM: 08/06/07)

NATURAL GAS WELLS SUPPLYING POWER IN KAYAN TOWNSHIP (NLM: 26/03/07)

WIND ENERGY BOOSTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MT: 05/03/07)

USE OF BIO-DIESEL FUEL FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION TO GET ATTENTION (NLM: 05/10/06)

INVENTOR CO-OP SOCIETY EXPORTS FIRST RICE-HUSK GENERATORS (MT: 21/08/06)

INTEREST GROWING IN RICE-HUSK GENERATION (MT: 10/07/06)

YAZAGYO DAM TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF MYITTHA VALLEY (NLM: 12/04/06)

CALL FOR ENERGY CO-OPERATION (MT: 13/02/06)

DELTA HOLDS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR TIDAL POWER GENERATION (Voice Weekly: 13/02/06)

PADDY HUSK POWER PLANT TESTED TO CUT RICE MILLING COSTS (MT: 19/12/05)

WIND POWER SYSTEM IDEAL FOR VILLAGES, SAYS ENGINEER (MT: 05/12/05)

VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY (MT: 14/11/05)

MINI HYDROPOWER PLANTS PLANNED FOR RURAL AREAS (MT: 08/08/05)

HYDRO POWER STATION COMMISSIONED IN KAUNGKHA (NLM: 26/07/05)

NAMWOK HYDROPOWER PLANT RE-OPENED (SHAN: 09/04)

BIO-GAS POWER PLANTS SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO RURAL AREAS (MT: 16/08/04)

ENGINEER TOUTS METHANE FROM LANDFILLS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY (MT: 09/08/04)

BIOMASS GASIFIER USED FOR TOBACCO CURING IN MYINGYAN (TERI: 08/04)

PRIVATE SECTOR PROMOTING INTEREST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY (MT: 12/07/04)

RURAL AREAS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE GREATER USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (MT: 05/01/04)

SOLAR POWER SEEN AS SOLUTION FOR REMOTE VILLAGES (MT: 06/10/03)

HYDROPOWER PLANTS IN MYANMAR WITH CAPACITIES UP TO 10 MW (JICA: Sept 2003)

SMALL HYDRO PLANT PROPOSED FOR ZAHAW CREEK IN GANGAW (JICA: Sept 2003)

VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION COMMITTEES (JICA: Sept 2003)

MANUFACTURE OF SMALL HYDRO TURBINES IN MYANMAR (JICA: Sept 2003)

CO-OP DEPARTMENT ASSISTING VILLAGES WITH POWER SUPPLY (MT: 04/08/03)

CHAUNGTHA RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT USES THREE POWER SOURCES (MT: 06/01/03)

MALAYSIAN COMPANY TO BUILD MINI-HYDRO POWER PLANTS (MT: 02/09/02)

MEIPAN CREEK HYDROPOWER PLANT INAUGURATED (NLM: 16/05/02)

ELECTRICITY POTENTIAL OF ENERGY SOURCES AVAILABLE IN MYANMAR (EM: 2001)

RURAL POWER SERVICES IN CHIN STATE (Appendix 9)

SOUTH NAWIN HYDEL POWER PROJECT: NOTES (Appendix 13)

COGENERATION POTENTIAL OF MYANMAR’S PRODUCTION OF SUGARCANE (Appendix 17)

CASE STUDY OF MOST’S VILLAGE BIOGAS ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT (Appendix 18)

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY USED TO IMPROVE WOOD-FIRE COMBUSTION (Appendix 26)
Rural Burma/Myanmar has more than 60,000 villlages and hamlets, the vast majority of which remain unelectrified well into the 21^st century. Even the larger towns and many of the smaller cities still have power service for only a few hours a day. The articles in this section of the compendium provide insights into a variety of ‘alternative energy’ sources that are being experimented with to remedy this situation. References to most of the articles that deal with ‘small’ hydro (including mini-, micro- and pico-hydro) developments will be found in the key article: Mini hydropower plants planned for rural areas. The extensive notes to the article: ‘Hydro power station commissioned in Kaungkha’ provide details about many of the small hydro facilities that have set up in ‘cease-fire’ areas close to the international boundaries of Burma/Myanmar.
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APPENDICES, TABLES AND ANNEXES AP
LAWPITA POWER PLANTS AND ASSOCIATED DAMS (Appendix 1)

BILIN HYDROPOWER PROJECT: NOTES (Appendix 2)

DAGYAING CREEK HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN HLAINGBWE TOWNSHIP: NOTES (Appendix 3)

GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS OF THE AYEYAWADDY VALLEY: NOTES (Appendix 4)

DIESEL-OPERATED GENERATING PLANTS IN MYANMAR: NOTES (Appendix 5)

USE OF YADANA GAS FOR POWER GENERATION AND INDUSTRY: CHRONOLOGY (Appendix 6)

PLATTS ELECTRIC POWER PROFILE FOR MYANMAR (Appendix 7)

HYDRO-POWERING THE REGIME (Appendix 8)

RURAL POWER SERVICES IN CHIN STATE (Appendix 9)

KINDA DAM FIFTEEN YEARS ON: AN EVALUATION OF HYDROPOWER IMPACTS Appendix 10)

KEY WEBSITES FOR ACCESSING INFO ON MYANMAR’S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY (Appendix 11)

THAUKYEKHAT-1 HYDEL POWER PROJECT: NOTES (Appendix 12)

SOUTH NAWIN HYDEL POWER PROJECT: NOTES (Appendix 13)

POWER TRADING IN THE GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGION (GMS) (Appendix 14)

COUNTRY REPORT OF MYANMAR AT THE FRANCO – ASEAN SEMINAR (Appendix 15)

IMPACT OF CYCLONE NARGIS ON MYANMAR’S ELECTRICITY SECTOR (Appendix 16)

COGENERATION POTENTIAL OF MYANMAR’S PRODUCTION OF SUGARCANE (Appendix 17)

CASE STUDY OF MOST’S VILLAGE BIOGAS ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT (Appendix 18)

ANYAPYA HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN DAWEI TOWNSHIP (Appendix 19)

HTOO TRADING TO BUILD HTAKHA HYDROPOWER PROJECT ON B.O.T. BASIS (Appendix 20)

SONPHU HYDROPOWER STATION SERVING WA REGION (Appendix 21)

MINN ANAWRAHTA CO WILL DEVELOP UPPER BILUCHAUNG HYDEL PROJECT (Appendix 22)

MYANMAR REPORT ON POWER PLANS AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS - ADB: 11-08 (Appendix 23)

ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY IN MYANMAR (Appendix 24)

MONG KHOK COAL RESERVES STIR INTEREST IN STEAM DRIVEN POWER PLANT (Appendix 25)

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY USED TO IMPROVE WOOD-FIRE COMBUSTION (Appendix 26)

GENERATING CAPACITY OF GRID-LINKED POWER PLANTS IN MYANMAR (Appendix 27)

MIDDLE PAUNGLAUNG HYDROPOWER PROJECT LAUNCHED (Appendix 28)

ELECTRIC IRRIGATION PUMP PROJECTS IN CENTRAL MYANMAR (Appendix 29)

THE ELECTRICITY LAW OF 1984 (Appendix 30)

WORK REPORTED UNDERWAY ON 500-KV GRID UPGRADE (Appendix 31)

UPPER CASCADES HYDROPOWER PROJECTS IN KACHIN STATE (Appendix 32)
CP001: POWER GENERATED AND SOLD BY ELECTRIC POWER ENTERPRISES: 1971 – PRESENT

CP010: DOMESTIC HYDROPOWER PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION OR PLANNING

CP011: MAJOR DOMESTIC HYDROPOWER STATIONS: OPERATIONAL DATA

CP012: THERMAL POWER STATIONS: OPERATIONAL DATA

CP013: THERMAL POWER PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING OR IMPLMENTATION

CP014: FOREIGN INVESTMENT DRIVEN HYDROPOWER PROJECTS

CP020: EXISTING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM: MID-2007
NATIONAL HIGH-VOLTAGE GRID SYSTEM MAPS (Annex 1)
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BACK IN BLACK: ELECTRICITY ROTATION SYSTEM RETURNS TO YANGON

Kyaw Hsu Mon and Yamon Phu Thit, Myanmar Times, 09/04/12 (Issue 622)

http://www.mmtimes.com/2012/news/622/news62207.html
Dust off those generators and inverters – after months of relatively reliable electricity supply, rotating cuts have returned to Yangon. Yangon Electricity Supply Board (YESB) said on March 29 that the rotation system, under which townships receive two days of 18-hour electricity followed by one 12-hour day, would come into effect on April 2.
YESB vice president U Maung Maung Latt told The Myanmar Times the system was necessary because electricity production during the hot season could not keep pace with demand. Rationing will likely continue through to July, when the monsoon will top up the nation’s hydroelectric dams. U Maung Maung Latt said YESB had created four six-hour shifts: 5am to 11am; 11am to 5pm; 5pm to 11pm; and 11pm to 5am.
“The three groups will be divided based on township,” he said. “Two groups receive 18 hours of electricity one day and the other group will receive only 12 hours. But the latter will receive 18 hours the next day. The three groups will rotate like that.” Meanwhile, a fourth group, comprising hospitals, schools, armed forces, police stations, prisons, banks, the airport, railway stations, communication departments, some government offices and embassies, will continue to receive a 24-hour supply.
Industrial zones are also facing cuts: factories have been divided into two groups, with one receiving electricity from 6am to 11am and the other from 11am to 4pm. Government factories and businesses using domestic meters have also been instructed to halt operations during times of peak electricity usage “The state-owned iron smelting plants and irrigation projects have to stop operations from 5pm to 11pm because this is the peak time for electricity use in Yangon,” U Maung Maung Latt said. “But during water festival when most of the factories and businesses are closed we can provide a better electricity supply,” he said.
Meanwhile, he said electricity consumption in Yangon had increased, hitting a high of 750 megawatts in early March. “This is a new record to reach 750 MW. The highest record for previous year was only 650 MW,” he said. “If we had the capacity consumption would be even higher.” “Electricity consumption has also increased in other states and regions,” he said, adding that about half of the country’s electricity supply was used in Yangon.
The introduction of the rotation system is likely to push up production costs as businesses and factories rely on more expensive generators for electricity. “We normally order wire netting from factories and they used to supply it to us regularly,” said Ma Mie Mie, owner of Thitsar Eain building material shop in the Bayintnaung area of Hlaing township. “But now the electricity is not regular and the factories cannot supply our orders in time. We are facing a shortage of materials and angry customers.”
The owner of a sawmill in South Okkalapa Industrial Zone said businesses were prepared for electricity shortages, particularly in the hot season. “Production costs will increase because we have to work with generators,” he said. “I don’t know exactly how much but it will be more than last year because fuel prices have risen. “It would be better if we could get a steady five hours of electricity a day like we are meant to under the rotation system rather than an irregular supply.”