Construction plans for more hydropower plants set ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® Nay Pyi Taw, 18 June Deputy Minister for Electric Power U Maw Thar Htwe on Wednesday said hydroelectricity is a renewable energy that will not lose water resources, adding plans are underway to construct more hydropower plants in the future. During the 10th session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the deputy minister said the installed capacity in Myanmar now is 4,362 MW from all hydropower sources. The Ministry of Electric Power has estimated electricity demand will increase 13 per cent each year, and that plans are being made to reserve 30 per cent of electricity. U Maw Thar Htwe also said the ministry has drawn a master plan based on stability, low cost and conservation of natural and social environments to become a generation mix of power from appropriate energy sources. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw recorded the ‘Bill for Amendment of Utilization of Roads and Bridges Law’ and ‘Bill for Amendment of Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law’ that have been approved by the Lower and the Upper houses. The Hluttaw also heard a report of the Bill Committee on the ‘Bill for Association Registration Law’ on which the two houses of parliament have some controversy. At the ninth session of the Lower House on Wednesday, representatives discussed a bill and asked two questions concerning the shortage of parking spaces in Yangon and Mandalay and on foreign investment. Concerning the question on foreign investment, Chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission U Zeya Aung said that the State has not faced losses from production sharing operations with foreign firms as there are no disputes between the government and the foreign companies. The government has not approved a proposal to mine nickel in Mway hill in Kalay Township in the Sagaing Region and Tiddim Township in Chin State, said Union Deputy Minister for Mines U Than Tun Aung at the ninth session of the Upper House on Wednesday. The union deputy minister also told the session that having formed a technical team, his ministry is still studying the result of a feasibility test conducted with the permission of the Myanmar Investment Commission by North Mining Investment Co Ltd. According to the test, it is estimated that there are 42 million tons of metal ore composed of 1.37 per cent nickel, 16.32 per cent iron, 0.88 per cent chromium, 21.72 per cent magnesium dioxide, 39.46 per cent silica and other metal compounds. The deputy minister promised the session that the mining project will be implemented only after approval by the experts in a transparent consultation with the state government, the regional government and the local people to avoid future problems. The first feasibility test was conducted by Kingbao Mining Ltd of China, but the company had to stop its tests due to the lack of technology. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:57:10 +0000
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