http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/Press-Centre/publications/Myanmar-Coal-Report-2017/
Myanmar Coal Report 2017
Publication - May 4, 2017
COAL : A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN MYANMAR
POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF RUNNING A 120-MEGAWATT COALFIRED POWER PLANT AT TIGYIT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
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Myanmar Coal Report 2017
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1. 11/25/2017 A clean energy vision for Myanmar | Heinrich-BĂśll-Stiftung Myanmar
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A clean energy vision for Myanmar
Renewable energy has become a technically and ďŹnancially feasible
alternative to coal and other fossil fuels or large hydro. And in contrast to
these traditional sources of energy, renewable energy sources are neither
harming the environment nor people's livelihoods in Myanmar.
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13. July 2017
hbs and Earth Rights International (ERI)
invited senior level civil servants, Members
of Parliament, as well as representatives of
CSOs and the private sector to a roundtable
on Renewable Energy yesterday. The one
day event took place in Naypyitaw with the
aim to discuss the potential of renewable
energy development in Myanmar.
Renewable energy has become a technically
and financially feasible alternative to coal
and other fossil fuels or large hydro as a
way to generate power. And in contrast to these traditional sources of energy, renewable
energy sources are neither harming the environment nor people's livelihoods. Please
find here the agenda of the event and our press release.
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4. 11/25/2017 Cancelling Myanmarâs new coal plants could save 7,100 lives a year | Heinrich-BĂśll-Stiftung Myanmar
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Cancelling Myanmarâs new coal plants
could save 7,100 lives a year
4. May 2017
This is according to a report launched today
by Greenpeace Southeast Asia,
EcoDev/ALARM, Myanmar Green Network,
EarthRights International (ERI) and
Heinrich BĂśll Stiftung Myanmar (HBS),
based on the latest research by Harvard
University and Greenpeace.
âWhile the rest of the world is phasing out
coal and moving to renewable energy, Myanmar is pursuing coal power expansion that
could almost triple the emissions of major air pollutants in the country and double the
countryâs carbon dioxide emissions from energy,â said Lauri Millyvirta, Greenpeace
Climate and Energy Campaigner. âMore importantly, these plans do not take into
account the human health costs when making choices about the countryâs energy
future.â
 According to the World Health Organization, Myanmar has by far the most polluted air
in the Southeast Asian region. In fact, all of the 10 ASEAN cities with highest particulate
matter levels are found in Myanmar. Coal combustion is one of the major sources of
particulate matter pollution globally, emitting much higher levels of SO2, NOx and dust,
the key contributors to PM2.5, than any other form of electricity generation.
 That Myanmar is planning on a massive increase in coal plants to provide all the
countryâs energy needs by 2030 is alarming. The authors of the report developed a
detailed database of emissions from existing and planned coal-fired power plants across
Southeast Asia and used advanced atmospheric Geos-CHEM modeling to project impacts
on air quality and health.  The results show that health impacts on Myanmarâs
population are the third highest in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia and Vietnam.Â
 Greenpeace says if all planned coal-fired power plants start to operate, Myanmarâs SO2
emissions from energy use would be projected to increase 7-fold, and NO2 to triple. The
effect would be an increase in particulate matter and ozone pollution levels not just in
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Myanmar, but in other neighboring countries, putting even more people at risk to
diseases such as stroke and lung cancer.
 The report projects that Myanmarâs coal power plant emissions would be responsible
for a total of 7,100 premature deaths each year, or 280,000 premature deaths if these
plants operate for 40 years. The air quality and health impacts are significantly
exacerbated by the lack of effective regulation of air pollutant emissions from coal-fired
power plants in Myanmar.
 âMyanmar lacks meaningful emission standards for coal-fired power generation, which
means air pollution from the planned projects are expected to around ten times higher
than what would be allowed for example in China and India,â Lauri concluded.
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26. 11/25/2017 Thailand's TTCL to build $2.8 bln coal-fired power plant in Myanmar
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OCTOBER 30, 2017 / 12:03 PM / A MONTH AGO
Thailand's TTCL to build $2.8 bln coal-ďŹred power plant in
Myanmar
Reuters StaďŹ
BANGKOK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Thai construction company TTCL Pcl said on Monday it plans
to build a $2.8 billion coal-ďŹred power plant in southeastern Myanmar.
The advanced technology coal-ďŹred power station in the state of Kayin is expected to start
operations in 2023 with the full 1,280 megawatts to be completed in 2024, TTCL Chief
Financial OďŹcer Gobchai Tanasugarn said.
A formal joint venture agreement, which will give TTCL a 95 percent stake and the state
government 5 percent, is awaiting approval, TTCL executive vice president Suratana
Trinratana said.
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The $2.8 billion pricetag includes construction costs of up to $2 billion, which TTCL will bear,
plus the 40-year land lease. The investment is expected to generate a return between 10
percent and 13 percent, she told reporters.
TTCL aims to line up funding by the second quarter of 2018, with 75 percent ďŹnanced through
debt.
âThe company has started discussions and consulting ďŹnancial institutions in the country and
overseas,â Gobchai said, adding that the company would inject at least $300 million in equity.
The plant will use 4 million tonnes a year of imported coal.
This will be TTCLâs second power plant in Myanmar, following a 120 MW gas-ďŹred plant,
which opened in 2013.
With the help of the new project, the companyâs energy business is set to expand to 25 percent
of the groupâs total earnings by 2022 from 5 percent this year, Gobchai said.
Reporting by Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Writing by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Sonali Paul
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