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Deal #3799 Version #63753

Myanmar

Created at

2013-06-07

Last update

2020-07-26

Last full update

2022-01-25

Land area

Intended size

12 060 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[2008, current] 12060.0 ha

Comment on land area

flooded area according to NGO source

Intention of investment

[current] Renewable energy unspecified

Comment on intention of investment

Hydropower project

Nature of the deal

Lease

Negotiation status

[2008, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

Hydropower Depart- ment under the Ministry of Electric Power No 1 and Yunnan United Power Development Co Ltd of the People’s Republic of China signed Shweli 2/3 hydropower project at the ministry on 12 May.

Implementation status

[2009, current] Startup phase (no production)

Comment on implementation status

Road construction to dam site began in 2009. Swiss AF Consult (former Colenco Power Engineering Ltd), signed an agreement of Consulting Services for Shweli 3 dam on 17 February 2010. Électricité de France SA (EDF) signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the project in December 2015. The exat role of EDF is not clearly defined in the sources. The government anounced on September 15, 2016 to continue with the Shweli Hydropower Number 3 project (2019) According to EDF the dam is still in the development phase