Myanmar: Let the Sunshine in

Feb 1, 2019 | Alec Wilmot, Myanmar Times
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The island Pataw Pahtet, just north west of Myeik City, is a bustling industrial shipyard surrounded by warehouses, cold storage facilities and crab farms. Go on Google Maps to the island and scroll around, you will eventually land on a large warehouse rooftop lined with shimmering solar panels. For a port complex that has long relied on diesel generators for its electricity demand, it’s a startling change. The new solar system, installed by EAM Myanmar – a sustainable energy project developer, was welcomed by the island based business as a cost saving measure that puts 60kW into the local grid while cutting down on harmful diesel burning. That small scale success has now led to expansion.