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by Thawdar Aung \| 21-10-2019 15:44 0
When we talk about renewable energy, there always come up with clean energy. As we all know, Myanmar, developing country is still on her way to developed while implementing lacked areas. For energy sector in our country, we have to depend mostly on the hydro power plant which is one of renewable and clean energy form. There are total of 27 hydropower stations which depend on four main rivers ( Ayeyarwaddy, Chindwin, Sittong, Thanlwin) to produce electricity. These power stations have installed capacity of 3221 MW and energy consumption in 2015 was 2527 MW. Due to increased demand, there are on going hydro power projects and estimated installed capacity is 41837.4 MW. As this summer was with the highest temperature in the history, our country suffered a lot in climate change and also in energy consumption. As we mainly depend on hydro power and due to severe climate condition, rivers were dry and many dams could not produce enough power and we citizens faced lots of difficulties in our daily life as we cannot study at night sometimes and cannot work effectively. We cannot mainly depend on wind power although there are many potentials to produce it. At current, there is an on-going wind power project to implement in Ayeyarwaddy region and it is still in negotiation state and if it is happened, we can expect installed capacity of 30 MW. For solar power sector, I wrote details in my previous 5^th month report. https://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=47276&searchType=name&searchName=Thawdar%20Aung&pageNumber=2 There are many potentials in Myanmar to produce electricity and if we can use our resources effectively, we will be able to produce total of 100,000 MW only from hydro power plants. To make the best out of our useful resources, we need international cooperation and it is also important to definitely implement the projects. Owing to country's policy and current situations, there is a long way to walk to become the country that can be able to use its resources efficiently. references: https://consult-myanmar.com/2016/03/07/chaungtha-wind-farm-project/ https://www.myanmar.gov.mm/documents/20143/0/role_of_hydropowe_Paper_%2811-1-18%292.pdf/ed427517-34a0-fce5-fb24-bab8b077e5db

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Elizaveta Zaretskaya says :
Thanks!
Posted 28-10-2019 14:13

Kushal Naharki

Kushal Naharki says :
Hello Thawadar

I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Renewable energy

Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.

Regards,
Kushal Naharki

Posted 26-10-2019 10:32

Hyeongmin Mentor says :
Hi Thawar

I can see the huge potential of hydro power in Myanmar.
Rivers across the nation is a huge advantage in electricity generation. There seem to be some limitations right now, but the productivity of hydro power will definitely go up as technological researches are ongoing in huge scale.

On the other hand, I can see that the climate change is negatively affecting the hydro power. It is sad that viscous cycle of polluted environment is already on its way. Quick transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy might stop the cycle.

Thank you for the great report.

Keep up the good work.
Posted 25-10-2019 00:15

Lisa Mentor says :
Hey Thawdar!
It's Lisa your mentor.

What an amazing work you have got here!
I love how you have your story to share with very accurate numbers and sources. Adequate information always increases the reliability of the article!

I can see that Myanmar is going through some serious problems and trying to overcome them. I believe that those problems are shared by many of the developing countries!
As you have said, for these cases international cooperation with technological support and infrastructure investment is critical. Without them, the developing countries will fall into the dilemma of economic growth and environment protection. This should not be the burden and responsibility that are restricted to those countries, it should be the entire world that should come together to burden them.

Thanks for bringing us such a great topic!

Posted 22-10-2019 18:24