Kyaukme dam ( Upper Yeywa Hydropower Project) is a
dam in Burma. This 140
MW hydroelectric dam
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
is built across
Myitnge River
Myitnge River ( my, မြစ်ငယ် or Nam Tu, also known as Dokhtawaddy River (), is a major tributary of Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy) in Myanmar (Burma). The name Myitnge in Burmese and Dokhtawaddy in Pali both mean "little river", by cont ...
near
Taungchay Village in
Kyaukme Township
Kyaukme Township is a township of Kyaukme District in the Shan State of eastern Burma (Myanmar)
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English altho ...
, upstream of
Yeywa Hydropower Project[
][
] The project was initiated by the Chinese firm Yunnan Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Co. (YMEC).
References
Dams in Myanmar
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