Myanmar Project Bank

Tha Htay Hydropower Project (111 MW)

Project Factsheet
Status:
Implementation
Start:
FY2013-2014
End:
FY2024-2025

Sectors

Hydro-electric power plants

Project Description

The 111-megawatt (MW) hydropower project currently being implemented by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy is located at Tha Htay River, about 19 kilometers northeast of Thandwe, Rakhine State. It aims to contribute to electrification of about eight million households by 2025-2026.

Project Expected Benefits

The project is expected to generate 386 million kWh of annual electric energy to the national grid and supply electricity to more than 1 million residents nation wide. It will improve the living conditions of local people, expand opportunities for economic activity, and improve health and the access to basic social services.

Locations

Thandwe Township, Rakhine State

Total Project Cost

285.90M

Financing Type

Public Domestic Financing

Implementing Government Agency

Department of Hydropower Implementation, Ministry of Electricity and Energy

Developer Name

7th year of twelve-year project. Budgeted approximately 27.4 millions USD in 2019-2020.

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan Alignment

  • Pillar 1:
    Peace & Stability
  • Pillar 2:
    Prosperity & Partnership
  • Pillar 3:
    People & Planet
  • Goal 1
  • Peace, National Reconciliation, Security & Good Governance
  • Goal 2
  • Economic Stability & Strengthened Macroeconomic Management
  • Goal 3
  • Job Creation & Private Sector Led Growth                           
  • Goal 4
  • Human Resources & Social Development for a 21st Century Society
  • Goal 5
  • Natural Resources & the Environment for Posterity of the Nation

Contact Detail

U Aung Zaw Min
Deputy Director General / Department of Hydropower Implementation, Ministry of Electricity and Energy
aungzawmin011@gmail.com
https://www.moee.gov.mm/mm/ignite/page/37