Electrification: Senior General Inspects 30-Megawatt Solar Power Plant

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected the 30-megawatt Thabyewa solar power plant project in Thabyewa Village of Thazi Township on Tuesday.

The Senior General heard reports on the implementation of the solar power plant project, efficient use of land plots, suspension of project and continuation, installation of machinery at the project, assistance for rural development and feeding of electricity to the national grid.

In his speech, the Senior General said that solar power plants must be built in the country for meeting the electricity demand of the State. Despite high investments, generating electricity via solar panels has advantages in the short term of construction and lesser cost later.

Villages need to install solar panels for generating electricity for contributing to the electricity consumption of the people as well as improvement of their living standards. The Senior General also visited the project site and gave necessary instructions. This 30-megawatt Thabyewa solar power plant project was implemented by Clean Power Energy (CPE) Co., Ltd. through a BOO (Build, Operate, Own) system. It was launched on 5 December to supply electricity.

A total of 83,752 solar panels were installed at the plant in addition to 126 inverters and five box transformers for generating more than 200,000 kilowatt-hours per day and 70.599 million kWh per year.