#Myanmar

Myanmar: The Ministry of Electricity & Energy is seeking private developers to build and operate up to 1 GW of PV solar capacity, around the country.

The European consortium behind a 1,230 MW power project in Tanintharyi Region has proposed scaling back its plans amid stalled talks with the government over financial terms.

Myanmar: Hitachi Soe Electric & Machinery, a joint venture company formed by Japan’s Hitachi and a local transformer company, is planning to start exporting transformers in 2017.

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi Soe Electric & Machinery (Hitachi SEM), a joint venture company established for handling transformers for power systems and power distribution in Myanmar obtained relevant authorisations and begun business operations on 1 October.

USA, Washington D.C.: The World Bank has approved a $400 million interest-free credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to provide financing and technical assistance for Myanmar’s National Electrification Plan (NEP).

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems (HIES) and Soe Electric & Machinery (SEM) have announced the completion of a formal contract for the establishment of a joint venture company handling power and distribution transformers in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it has signed a technical license agreement with a Myanmar-based manufacturer Asia General Transformer Co., Ltd. (AGT), for the design and supervisory technical support for the production of 100 MVA 230/66 kV oil-immersed core-form transformers.

China, Hong Kong: VPower, a Hong Kong-based short to medium term power generation company, has launched a gas-fired interim power plant in Rakhine State, Myanmar, which is the first gas-fired power plant that connects directly to the country’s 230 kV grid.