The American conglomerate General Electric (GE) will help provide Myanmar with reliable electricity by assisting in an independent power project located in Myanmar’s central Mandalay region. The project, a proposed 225 megawatt (MW) Myingyan gas-fired power plant, will receive two high-efficiency gas turbines along with heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) from GE.
GE will be designing and installing two HRSGs and a reheat steam turbine for the Myingyan plant, one of the largest gas-fired power plants in Myanmar. “This is an important project to deliver additional power to drive our growing economy,” said Minister of Electricity and Energy, U Pe Zin Tun in the press release.
“We are confident the stakeholders in this project, the [independent power plant] – Sembcorp Utilities – and their partners, Jurong Engineering and GE, will deliver a modern, high technology and efficient combined cycle power plant in Myanmar.” SembCorp Utilities, a Singapore-based energy and water facilities and services provider.
The $300 million independent power station comes as a more cost-effective alternative to expensive, short-term rental of gas engines which Myanmar currently relies on.
As of earlier this year, the Ministry for Electrical Power reported that around 7 million households –nearly 66 percent of the country — still do not have access to electricity. The ministry is working toward closing this gap and electric consumption is expected to rise by 15 percent annually.
GE began operating in Myanmar in 2013.
The $300 million independent power station comes as a more cost-effective alternative to expensive, short-term rental of gas engines which Myanmar currently relies on.
