Myanmar to Build First Coal-Burning Power StationMyanmar will build its first coal-burning electric power station in the country's northeastern Shan state to help fulfill the nation's power requirement, according to sources at the state-run Myanma Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) Thursday.The 120-megawatt (mw) coal-burning power project is to be implemented by the MEPE with the cooperation of the state-run Myanma Mining Enterprise in Pinlaung township of the state with the use of coal mined in the township's Tikyit area, it said. It added that Myanmar will import the main equipment from abroad for the project. Meanwhile, the MEPE is also implementing five hydro-power plants in the country, namely Paunglaung, Zaungtu, Mone, Thaphanseik and Maipan. Three of them are being built by China. Official statistics show that in 2000, electric power generated by the MEPE went to 5.028 billion kilowatt-hours, 17 percent more than 1999. The statistics also reveal that since 1988, Myanmar's electric power installed generating capacity (IGC) has increased by 509 mw, of which that of natural gas power plants rose by 255 mw, while that of steam power ones by 143 mw and that of hydropower ones by 111 mw. The IGC of the MEPE remained at 1,172 mw at the end of June this year, according to the statistics. |
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