Baluchaung No.2 Hydropower
This is the first project for Marubeni to expand into the overseas market.
The Baluchaung No. 2 Hydro Power Plant is the power plant of a largest scale in Myanmar with an installed capacity of 168 MW, accounting for about 24 percent of the total annual electricity production in the country. The overall power plant and three generators out of six (No.1 to No.3) were installed in 1960 with postwar reparations from Japan, and the remaining three (No.4 to No.6) were installed by Myanmar in 1974.
If the plant were left in its present condition, however, it would run into a complete halt by damaged water turbines or by fires caused by insulation failure, affecting enormously the daily life of the people of Myanmar. The plant was partly renovated with a loan extended by Japan in 1986, and the rehabilitation work has been completed in 1992 (for No.1 to No.3) and in 1994 (for No.4 to No.6). |
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