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Comment on negotiation status
MoEE and SPIC signed the joint venture agreement on 3 June 2010.
Implementation status
  • [2010] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2012, current] Project abandoned
  • [2010] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2012] Project abandoned
  • [2017, current] Project abandoned
Comment on implementation status
Chipwi HPP was suspended due to armed conflicts in north Myanmar on April 26, 2012.
Chipwi HPP was suspended due to armed conflicts in north Myanmar on April 26, 2012. Listed as Planned hydropower project of SPIC (formerly CPI) (target completion: 2020) in IFC assessment report but no evidence of the project being resumed.
Actors involved in the negotiation / admission process
  • MoEE Government / state institutions (government, ministries, departments, agencies etc.)
Comment on investment chain
Joint Venture between MoEE and SPIC (formerly CPI).
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
Due to armed conflict, project was halted last 26 April 2012
Negative impacts for local communities
Violence
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Armed conflict
Fully updated
No
Yes

Location #LY7F3qFo

Facility name
Chipwe HPP
Comment
Chipwi HPP is the fifth cascade HPP planned on the main stream of the Maykha River. Its dam site is about 150 km from Myitkyina City and about 10 km from Chipwi Village. The dam site is on the N’mai River at Mandung village, ten miles from the town of Chibwe, Kachin State
Chipwi HPP is the fifth cascade HPP planned on the main stream of the Maykha River. Its dam site is about 150 km from Myitkyina City and about 10 km from Chipwi Village. The dam site is on the N’mai River at Mandung village, ten miles from the town of Chibwe, Kachin State.

Data source #PskK1IaH

Url
Date
2018-12-17
2021-07-06
Comment on data source
Accessed on 17 December 2018
Project details. Updated link and attachment. Accessed 06 July 2021.

Data source #Vn_Saceb

Date
2018-12-14
2021-07-06
Comment on data source
shareholder information; accessed on 17 December 2018
Shareholder information. Updated attachment. accessed on 06 July 2021.

Data source #YcTm34BG

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Url
Keep PDF not public
No
Publication title
BASELINE ASSESSMENT REPORT HYDROPOWER: Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Hydropower Sector in Myanmar
Date
2017-01-01
Comment on data source
Chipwi HPP listed as a "planned hydropower project". Expected power generation. Accessed 06 July 2021.

Data source #-hpVZWGT

Type
Company sources
Url
Keep PDF not public
No
Publication title
Statement of ACHC
Date
2016-06-17
Comment on data source
company-issued statement regarding controversy surrounding the project. Accessed 06 July 2021.