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Gas may give Myanmar short-term power option
20 March 2015
Myanmar's electricity grid has just over 8,000 km of transmission lines. (Microsoft)
While Myanmar has one of the lowest rates of electrification in Southeast Asia, it also has abundant reserves of untapped gas, giving wide scope for the expansion of gas-fired power in the country.
Only about 30% of Burmese households have regular access to electricity, of which around 30% is fuelled by gas – with an installed capacity of 1.33 GW, according to figures from Myanmar’s Ministry of Electric Power (MOEP).
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