U Than Lwin Oo, the head of the pollution and cleaning department, said tender winners for the two waste-to-energy projects in Yangon Region have been selected and the projects are expected to start in January 2014.
A South Korean company called Chasson International won the tender for a compressed natural gas (CNG) plant at the Htein Pin garbage collection site in Hlaing Tharyar township, while a joint venture between Zeya and Associates and Hyundai Rotem won the tender for the electricity-generating plant at Dawei Chaung in North Dagon.
“The Htein Pin project will be implemented in three years, producing 12 megawatts an hour in the first year, 10MW in the second year and 8MW in the third. The Dawei Chaung project will generate 15.4MW an hour after two years,” he said.
U Than Lwin Oo said memoranda of agreements, or MoAs, are due to be signed by the end of this year.
“If so, the project will be implemented early next year and Htein Pin should be generating 12MW by October 2014,” he said.
He said the Yangon Electricity Supply Board would buy and distribute the power from the plants, but final agreement would be confirmed after the MoAs are signed.
U Than Lwin Oo said 1400 tonnes of organic and inorganic waste from Htein Pin and Dawei Chaung would be used for electricity projects, which will also promote environmental conservation.
source: The Myanmar Times
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