As part of the 500 megawatt natural gas
power plant project, the 60 megawatt power plant will be built within
eight months to supply electricity to Dawei area after receiving
permission from the ministry, according to the officials.
Officials and an engineer team from the
company visited Dawei yesterday morning to study the area where the
power plant will be built and meet with the chief minister of
Tanintharyi Region.
"Admin Power & Utility Co Ltd has
signed a MOU with the Ministry of Electric Power to conduct preliminary
survey to build the natural gas power plant project in Kanpauk area. We
are now in the last stage of the preliminary survey. [The project] can
generate 500 megawatt power. It will take a long to build a power line
and power plant [for the 500 megawatt power plant project]," said an
official from Admin Power & Utility Co Ltd.
"As we will start receiving natural gas
around March 2014, we will try to build this 60 megawatt power plant
quickly in order not to waste the gas. At the same time, we will build
the 230 KVA power line from Kanpauk to Dawei. It will take eight months
to construct the 60 megawatt power plant and the 230 KVA power line.
We've already bought the 60 megawatt machine," said the official.
"This power plant can supply electricity
for the Dawei special economic zone. The electricity generated from the
plant will be transferred to the Ministry of Electric Power…The
Ministry will provide the electricity to the areas that are in need.
After the Kanpauk-Dawei power line has been completed, we are ready to
provide electricity to nearby areas that are located near the power
line," he said in reply to a question raised by the Daily Eleven.
He added that the company will follow
the rates set by the Ministry to charge per unit and it is only
responsible for the production sector and not the distribution and
transportation sectors.
"We will have to urge the Ministry of
Electric Power to give the approval quickly. Since the Rakhine State is
getting electricity from the Shwe gas project with government rate, the
residents here also want electricity. But, the Ministry of Electric
Power needs to submit [the proposal] to MIC [Myanmar Investment
Commission] quickly. Even though the company said it will take eight
months to complete [the construction], they are in the position to
finish it within four months if the paperwork has been finished faster,"
said Win Swe, Minister of Electric Power and Industry of the
Tanintharyi Regional Government.
"It's important to give the same rate
here as the ones given in Rakhine State. The union government will not
do any discrimination. If it's 35 kyats [per unit] in Rakhine State,
then it will probably be 35 kyats in Dawei as well. There will be a lot
of businesses when we get electricity," said Win Swe.
According to him, the company can only
start its operation after signing the memorandum of agreement and is
expected to start around March.
The 500 megawatt power plant will be
built in Kanpauk area, about 60 miles from Dawei. The company has
designated to build a 160 megawatt power plant between February 2014 and
January 2015 for the first phase, a 180 megawatt power plant between
July 2014 and July 2015 for the second phase, 160 megawatt power plant
between December 2015 and December 2016 for the third phase.
As the Tanintharyi Region is excluded
from the National Power Grid, the local residents have to pay 460 kyats
per unit from Phoe Tee Cho, a local power distributor. The current
electricity usage in Dawei and nearby areas is only 2 megawatt and it is
expected to rise if the prices have been reduced.
PTTEP will supply 100 MMSFCD (Million Standard Cubic/Day) gas from the Zawtika project for the power plant.
Besides the 500 megawatt power plant
project, other projects are being implemented in the Tanintharyi Region
including the 200 megawatt wind-powered project in Three Hills, 50
megawatt coal-powered project in Myeik district, 8 megawatt coal-powered
project in Kawthaung district and 500 megawatt coal-powered project in
Boatpyin. Electricity generated from these projects will be connected to
the Mawlamyaine Power Grid and transported to the National Power Grid.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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