Scared investors are scurrying away from Myanmar's unstable hydropower sector

摘要

When Aung Zaw Naing, managing director of construction and hydropower conglomerate Shwe Taung Group of Companies, saw how lacking Myanmar's hydropower sector is when it comes to sustainability, he worked on forming the Hydropower Developers' Working Group (HDWG) to address this. Myanmar's hydropower potential is more than 100 GW, but only 3GW has been developed so far. Hydropower currently comprises two-thirds of its energy mix according to International Hydropower Association, with 3,151 MW of installed capacity from 25 operational projects. Another 46 GW of technically feasible potential has been identified so far, and a number of these projects are now under construction or at the advanced planning stage.