Russian government company to invest in Myanmar hydro, wind and nuclear power

23 November 2022
Russian government company to invest in Myanmar hydro, wind and nuclear power
A picture taken on June 28, 2016 shows the logo of Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom during the World Nuclear Exhibition in Le Bourget, near Paris. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP)

The Rosatom Nuclear Power Company, which is owned by the Russian government, is interested in investing in wind turbines and hydropower generation in Myanmar, according to the junta Minister for Electricity, Thaung Han.

The comment was made whilst the minister was in Russia touring the small Barsuchkovskaya hydropower plant and the Stavropol Region and Kochubeeskaya WPP wind turbine power station, on 19 November, according to a statement.

Previously, in early September, whilst attending the 2022 Far East Economic Forum, the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, signed an agreement with Rosatom for the company to build small nuclear reactors for power generation in Myanmar.

In a press conference on 20 September, Min Aung Hlaing said that a nuclear reactor would be built in Myanmar next year.