Myingyan natural gas power station start generates electricity

Myingyan natural gas power station start generates electricity
Published 5 March 2019
Zeya Nyein

Myingyan natural gas power station, which can generate 90 megawatts, is opened on March 2, according to Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

The power station is located in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region and the ministry is planning to provide more electricity to meet the demand of electricity in the summer.

The ministry invited international competitive tender in January 2018 for the power station, said Win Khaing, Minister for Electricity and Energy.

The power station will use 20 million cubic feet of natural gas from Shwe offshore natural gas block daily.

The power station start run for business purpose in February 2019 and at the present, it can generate 90 megawatts.

The station is supplying electricity to industrial zones and residential areas in Myingyan, Taungthar, Natogyi and Bagan-NyaungU from Myingyan 132 KV sub-power station and river water supply projects in Myingyan and Myothar industrial zone.

VPower Holdings Limited and its local partner Zeya & Associates Co. Ltd. and the ministry signed a five-year purchase agreement on November 7 2018 to buy electricity generated from the power station.

At the present, over 40 per cent of family households in Myanmar are gained access to national grid and the ministry is planning to supply the electricity to 55 per cent of family households in 2021.

Myanmar has 10.88 million family households till December 2018 and only 4.74 million family households (about 43 per cent of all family households in Myanmar) are gained access to national power grid.