The debarment makes Ferrostall Oil & Gas ineligible to participate in projects and operations financed by institutions of the World Bank Group for the stated period

More than two thirds of households in rural areas rely on candles, kerosene, low quality batteries and diesel generators to meet their power needs

The MCM Power facility aims to help meet the nation’s increasing energy demand by feeding baseload power into the national grid

A solar farm with a capacity of 220MW is to be developed in Myanmar. It is said to be the largest solar plant in Southeast Asia. It will generate power for more than 75% of Myanmar’s population that have no access to electricity. Black & Veatch will develop the project, owned by Green Earth Power, […]

Thousands of people living in off-grid villages in Myanmar will have access to renewable energy, thanks to a $2 million (£1.2m) grant project. The three-year assistance, provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan, will include the installation of 10MW of small-scale renewable energy systems – focused on solar and biomass.They […]

An oil and gas services company has secured a foothold in Myanmar after winning a $13 million (£8.4 million) contract to upgrade a trio of gas turbines. Myanmar – also known as Burma – has recently opened up to foreign trade, having spent many years isolated from the rest of the world. During the year […]

China switched on a new 793km-long pipeline to bring in natural gas from Myanmar yesterday, reports claim. The pipeline starts at Kyaukpyu on Myanmar’s western coast and connects China’s Yunnan province in the southwest and is expected to transfer 12 billion cubic metres of natural gas every year. A parallel 771-km pipeline that will carry […]