The MoU amendment signing ceremony on Myanmar-Laos Power Cooperation between the Ministry of Electric Power of Myanmar and the Ministry of Energy and Mine of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and signing ceremony of Notice to Proceed (NTP) to conduct a feasibility study on cross-border power project to hand over to Consortium of PISASAI Energy and Mine Investment Pte. Ltd. and Primus Sapphire Power Company Limited were held at Jasmine Nay Pyi Taw Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on 3 April.
Myanmar and Laos are members of ASEAN and GMS and working together closely for regional affairs. According to the MoU made on 15 January 2018, it worked together with PISASAI and Mine Investment Pte. Ltd. and Primus Sapphire Power Company Limited during five years and it made progresses in power transmission/selling project.
Myanmar and Laos will conduct a feasibility study on connecting up to 600MW between the two countries by extending the MoU for another five years and Mekong hydropower project development programmes. The cross-border power project will be reached Kengtung in 2024 and Meiktila in 2026 and it will support the electrification of Myanmar.
Then, the officials from two countries signed the MoU Amendment and the Notice to Proceed (NTP) and exchanged them, it is reported.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar (4-4-2023)
- Myanmar and Laos will conduct a feasibility study on connecting up to 600MW between the two countries by extending the MoU for another five years and Mekong hydropower project development programmes.
- The cross-border power project will be reached Kengtung in 2024 and Meiktila in 2026 and it will support the electrification of Myanmar.