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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

Intention of investment
  • [current] Renewable energy unspecified
Comment on intention of investment
Hydropower project

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

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

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