Democratic Voice of Burma

Energy-hungry Bangladesh is looking to seal its first international power importation deal with Burma for electricity from two new dams in Arakan state.

Bangkok Post

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The Energy Ministry expects to open a new round of small power producer (SPP) licence bids for combined output of 2,000 megawatts within one to two months, says Viraphol Jirapraditkul, director-general of the Thai Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo).

Kantarawaddy Times

The Burmese military regime and Chinese investors will proceed with the construction of the Salween river dam and hydropower plant in Karenni state despite opposition from civic groups which claim the project has an adverse environmental impact and is causing human rights violations, according to a politician who keep a close watch on the Karenni political situation.

DVB

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In a signing ceremony in Nyapidaw last week Burma’s Minster for Electric Power no. 1 Zaw Min signed a memorandum with a Chinese company to dam the Ngawchanka river with a 1055 megawatt hydropower project.

Also attending the signing with Yunnan Provincial Investment Holding Ltd chairman, Bao Minghu, was the minister for Electric Power no. 2, Khin Maung Myint, finance and revenue minister, Hla Tun, and deputy chief justice Dr. Tin Shun, along with other dignitaries from Yunnan and Naypyidaw.

Ministry of External Affairs
New Delhi
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17. Both leaders identified the power sector as an area of growing cooperation. In this context, the two leaders agreed to cooperate in the implementation of the Tamanthi and Shwezaye projects on the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar. They welcomed the involvement of M/s NHPC in carrying out the much required additional investigations after the signing of the MoU on Cooperation in Hydro-power Development projects in the Chindwin River Basin in September 2008. Subject to the findings of these additional investigations, the two leaders will endeavour to conclude the Memorandum of Agreement within a year.

Deustche Press-Agentur

Yangon - State-controlled companies from Myanmar and China have inked a deal to build a 1,055-megawatt hydropower plant on the Ngawchanka river in Kachin province, news reports said Sunday.