Myanmar, South Korea to cooperate in developing electric power network
4/7/2007 16:20
South Korea and Myanmar will cooperate in developing Myanmar's electric
power network dealing with management and operation under a three-year project
worth US$1.4 million, the local Flower News reported today.
The network
development project, which will be implemented by South Korea's International
Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the state-run Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise,
will include transfer of Korean knowledge and experience in power system
operation and protection, general facilities testing, fault analysis and the
provision of relay equipment, the KOICA was quoted as saying.
The project,
which is funded by the KOICA and undertaken by the Korea Electric Power
Corporation (KEPCO), is currently starting with the power lines and power
substations in Yangon and Mandalay, said the report. And technical training will
also be conducted with officials in Bago division's Thayagon sub-power
station.
The KOICA funded two other projects in 2001-02 and 2004-05 relating
to electric power system network study and an electricity transmission
system.
Myanmar had a total of over 1,775 megawatts (mw) of installed
generating capacity of electric power as of September 2006, up from 706.82 mw in
1988, according to official statistics. The country's electric power generation
was registered at 6.014 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) in 2005-06, up from 2.2
billion kwh in 1988-89. The power generation for the first half (April-
September) of 2006-07 was 3.153 billion kwh.
As for the country's power
transmission and distribution lines, it was extended to 20,662 miles (33,059
kilometers) in 2005-06 from 10,733 miles in 1988-89, an increase of 9,929 miles
or 1.9 times.
Meanwhile, other official statistics show that South Korea's
investment in Myanmar has reached US$191.31 million in 34 projects as of January
this year since the country opened to foreign investment in late
1988.
Xinhua
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