China-Myanmar gas power plant to be completed on schedule in 2018

China-Myanmar gas power plant to be completed on schedule in 2018

A combined-cycle gas power plant in Thaketa Township will begin operations
as scheduled in the first quarter of 2018, according to a statement released
by General Electric (GE) earlier this month.

The plant will be powered by GE's renowned F-class gas turbines, producing
106 megawatts of energy when complete in 2018. A joint venture between China
and Myanmar, the plant is currently being constructed by China's SEPCOIII
Electric Power Construction Corp.

SEPCOIII will use GE's 6F.03 gas turbines for the combined-cycle system. A
combined-cycle power plant uses both a gas and a steam turbine together to
produce up to 50 percent more electricity from the same fuel than a
traditional simple-cycle plant. The waste heat from the gas turbine is
routed to the nearby steam turbine, which generates extra power.

Importantly, the Thaketa plant will be complete after power consumption in
Myanmar has tripled over the last decade and as demand for power is
estimated to increase by about 15 percent annually, exceeding available
supply.

Yangon, which consumes around two thirds of the power produced nationally,
will benefit the most from the new plant, which is located east of the city
and around 25km from the Thilawa Special Economic Zone.

"The plant will play a major role in fulfilling the energy requirements of
Myanmar and it will supply electricity to businesses in Yangon, which
consumes 52pc of the electricity produced in Myanmar. We hope to participate
in the places which will produce benefits for Myanmar citizens by using GE
technology," said the SEPCOIII's plant's project director Zhang Yushi.

The Thaketa project is a joint venture between China's Union Resources and
Engineering Co (UREC) and Myanmar's Ministry of Electricity and Energy
(MOEE). A memorandum of understanding for the project was first signed in
January 2013 and a subsequent agreement inked in November 2014.The JV
received an operating license in January 2016.

"The power generated by combining the engineering, procurement and
construction skills of SEPCOIII with GE's technology will be linked to the
main transmission line," said Dong Fan, project managing director of UREC.

The Thaketa plant is GE's third energy project in Myanmar in 20 months. GE
also supplied turbines to a World Bank-funded power station in Thahton as
well as a 225-MW gas-fired power plant in Myingyan, Mandalay. The latter is
being developed by Singapore's Sembcorp Industries under a
build-operate-transfer agreement with the MOEE.

"GE is cooperating with the Ministry of Electricity and Energy to solve the
energy requirement challenges of Myanmar," said Andrew Lee, Chief country
representative of GE Myanmar.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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