Myanmar: Electric planners rely on increased coal output

Myanmar: Electric planners rely on increased coal output

Myanmar is generating electricity mostly from hydropower and it is planning
to generate more power from coal by 2030, according to Ministry of Electric
Power and Energy.

Myanmar currently generates 61 per cent (3,185 megawatts) of its electricity
from hydropower, 35 per cent (1,829 megawatts) from gas turbines and 2 per
cent (120 megawatts) from coal.

By 2020, the ministry plans to generate 4,720 megawatts from hydropower,
1,970 megawatts from natural gas and 1,920 megawatts from coal.

By 2030, the ministry plans to generate 8,900 megawatts from hydropower,
4,700 megawatts from natural gas and 7,940 megawatts from coal, according to
a research paper by Aung Than Oo, a retired deputy minister.

According to the National Electrification Project, 50 per cent of households
should have electricity by 2020, 75 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by
2030.

Around 51 per cent of electricity was generated by state-owned power plants,
said Dr Tun Naing, deputy minister for electric power and energy.

Myanmar used 6.5 billion units of electricity in 2010-11 and by 2015-16 it
was 13.6 billion, he said.

Electricity consumption is expected to increase by 16 per cent annually.

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Link to Original Article: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/8249

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com