Myanmar and Bangladesh are enhancing cooperation in developing hydropower, seeking to build plants in Myanmar.
Officials from Bangladesh's Power Development Board and Power Grid Company, who visited Myanmar recently, discussed with Myanmar power authorities exploration of feasible sites for building such plants in Myanmar to seek export of electricity to Bangladesh.
The exploration has identified potential sites for the plants in two states in western and northwestern parts of the country, reports said on Monday.
In this regard, Bangladesh's Power Development Board said that the identified potential sites for the planned hydropower plants are in Michaung and Lemro areas of Rakhine state and near ethnic Naga Hills in Chin state.
The Bangladeshi power authorities also revealed that they would seek funds from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for the prospective projects.
Meanwhile, a giant Myanmar-Thai joint venture hydropower project, which is the 7,110-megawatt (mw) Tar-hsan hydropower project, is being implemented on the Thanlwin River in eastern Shan state's Tachilek. The $6-billion hydropower project, which started last April, is one of the two signed with Thai companies during the past two years.
The Tar-hsan project, which can produce over 35 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) a year, is implemented by the Myanmar Hydropower Implementation Department of the ministry of electric power and the MDX Group Co Ltd of Thailand.
{{/usCountry}}The Tar-hsan project, which can produce over 35 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) a year, is implemented by the Myanmar Hydropower Implementation Department of the ministry of electric power and the MDX Group Co Ltd of Thailand.
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