Burma and Bangladesh to Sign MoU on Electricity Trade

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Dhaka: Burma and Bangladesh are likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the electricity trade between the two neighboring countries very soon, according to a report from the Bangladesh Power Ministry.

A senior Power ministry official from Bangladesh said on Monday that a Burmese delegation would be visiting Dhaka soon to sign a MoU on the electricity trade. A high-powered Bangladesh delegation received consent from the Burmese junta authority on the cross-border electricity trade during a recent visit to Burma.

Burma has agreed to build two hydropower plants in western Arakan State with the aim of exporting around 575 megawatts of electricity to energy-starved Bangladesh, the official said.

Burma already has two hydropower projects underway in Arakan State at Sai Din and Tha Htay Chaung, while another large hydropower project at Lay Myo River is now under survey.

The three projects will cost over 800 million US Dollars and will produce an estimated 687 megawatts of electricity after completion.

Burma Power Ministry No. 1 Minister Zaw Min said once that the electricity consumption in the whole of Arakan State is only 30 megawatts, and the surplus electricity generated will be sold to neighboring countries and distributed to Burma proper.

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