Myanmar and China have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to implement three 360-megawatt wind power projects in An, Gwa and Thandwe townships in Rakhine State, according to the Ministry of Electric Power.
The memorandum of understanding that was signed was three wind power projects, namely the 150-megawatt An wind power project, 100-megawatt Gwa wind power project and 110-megawatt Thandwe wind power project. Primus, owned by Myanmar national, Hong Kong-based AED and YMEC from the China, which will implement the project, have many things to do after signing the MOA. They will need to follow the procedures, existing laws and regulations issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation to prevent environmental and social damage due to the implementation of the project, said U Thaung Han, Union Minister for Electric Power.
The Union Minister said that he would like to urge all the companies involved in the projects to be able to produce electricity by 2025 and to start the construction of the first phase of 50-megawatt of the three projects in December 2023.
Daw Mi Mi Khaing, Director General of the Department of Electric Power Planning, under the Ministry of Electric Power, Vice President of Yunnan Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Ltd (YMEC) Mr. Dong Fan and U Kyaw Hla Win, Managing Director of Primus Advanced Technologies Limited (Primus) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOA) on wind power projects in in An, Gwa and Thandwe townships in Rakhine State.
Companies from the China continue to cooperate in the projects being carried out in the electricity sector to achieve Myanmar's domestic electricity self-sufficiency and to meet the goals of national electricity availability from the national power grip by 2030. As it is the first wind power project to be built in Myanmar, it is also the beginning of a new step in China-Myanmar electricity sector cooperation. The China's wind power generation capacity has reached 400 million kilowatt hours, which is about one-third of the world's total wind energy production, and it has continued to stand as the world's No.1 wind power producer for many years, said H.E. Mr. Chen Hai, Ambassador of the China to Myanmar.
