Posts Tagged ‘Energy’

Myanmar won the first prize of the ASEAN Energy Award 2009 in the replenishing energy sector with its paper on Ma Mya Dam. The paper, compiled by the Irrigation Department, is on generators for small-scale electricity production installed at the dam. Other contestants included the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and other ASEAN members. The dam has been built to irrigate 10,000 acres of farmland, other purpose being prevention ... Full story

An official of the Yangon Division Peace and Development Council (regional administration) said on November 22 that Japan will help tap energy from plastic which can be collected from garbage discarded every day by Yangonites. Previously, a Japanese team visited Myanmar and conducted research which failed because the plastic wastes are mixed with sand.  The technique under the “Waste to Energy System” includes burning the plastic ... Full story