Myanmar: Power Project Generates Anxiety

Jan 4, 2016 | Oliver Slow, Frontier Myanmar
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The Ministry of Electric Power estimates that demand for electricity will rise by between 13 percent and 15 percent a year in the coming years. It has made power generation a priority and its plans include building 11 coal-fired plants; four in Yangon Region, three in Tanintharyi Region, and one each in Shan and Mon states and Ayeyarwady and Sagaing regions.