Rural Areas to Receive Electricity Powered by Renewable Sources: Minister
Rural Areas to Receive Electricity Powered by Renewable Sources: Minister
Myanmar Times, 03 Mar 2019
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/rural-areas-receive-electricity-powered-renewable-sources-minister.html
Rural areas far from the national grid will get electricity through renewable energy sources, says Minister of Electricity and Energy U Win Khine.
He said the government will provide electricity to these areas through renewable energy as lower population density and electricity usage may not make it economical to expand the national grid.
The government aims to distribute electricity to 50pc of the country by end-2019, and to cover the entire country by 2030.
Myanmar’s current power-generation capacity stands at 3,500MW with electricity usage improving 15pc yearly. The MOEE plans to generate an additional 394MW in 2018-19, 450MW in 2019-20, and 1,712MW in 2020-21.
According to earlier reports, the government aims to generate 8pc of electricity through renewable energy sources by 2021 and 12pc by 2025 through solar and wind energy.
According to the MOEE, wind energy plants can potentially be developed in Chin State, Rakhine State, Yangon Division, Shan State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Division, Mon State and Kayin State.
He said the government will provide electricity to these areas through renewable energy as lower population density and electricity usage may not make it economical to expand the national grid.
The government aims to distribute electricity to 50pc of the country by end-2019, and to cover the entire country by 2030.
Myanmar’s current power-generation capacity stands at 3,500MW with electricity usage improving 15pc yearly. The MOEE plans to generate an additional 394MW in 2018-19, 450MW in 2019-20, and 1,712MW in 2020-21.
According to earlier reports, the government aims to generate 8pc of electricity through renewable energy sources by 2021 and 12pc by 2025 through solar and wind energy.
According to the MOEE, wind energy plants can potentially be developed in Chin State, Rakhine State, Yangon Division, Shan State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Division, Mon State and Kayin State.