The 1st Official Myanmar Power Summit (MPS) concluded on
Wednesday following three days of discussions about the future of
Burma's power industry at the Sedona Hotel.
The conference was attended by more than 50 officials from the Ministry
of Electric Power, and was co-sponsored by Siemens, Parami Energy, Rolls
Royce, Voith, Wartsilla and Sarawak.
The abounding consensus at
the event organized by the Singapore-based Centre for Management
Technology was that there would be "no quick fixes" for Burma's power
shortage.
Private investment will continue to be difficult from
large companies looking for solid guarantees, said one speaker who
advised that the government should carefully think through how it wants
the private sector to be involved.
One audience member suggested that smaller, locally-based village schemes could be the long-term solution.
Few
of Burma's 60 million people have access to electricity, with power
outages common in the country's largest city of Rangoon.
source: Mizzima
http://www.mizzima.com/business/8825-rangoons-first-power-summit-concludes.html
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