China Business Newswire

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China Datang Corp., one of China's five largest power generators, has put a 240 megawatt (MW) hydropower plant into operation in Northeastern Myanmar, the company announced Sept. 2.

According to the company, four generators each with an installed capacity of 60 MW are now operational.

The company plans to boost the installed capacity of the RMB 1.7 billion ($250 million) hydropower plant to 400 MW in the future, allowing the plant to generate a total of 1.07 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year, Datang said.

Under a BOT (build-operate-transfer) contract between Datang and the Myanmar government, Datang will operate the plant for 40 years before transferring it to the Myanmar government.

Over 90 percent of the electricity produced at this plant will be transmitted back to China, Datang said.

Datang started construction of the plant in December 2007.