MMR

Shwedaung — 55 MW Natural Gas

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Shwedaung is a 55 MW gas power plant located in Myanmar. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
55 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1984

Year online

Owner
Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise

Operator

Location
18.73, 95.23

Coordinates

Insights

#19
largest in %s
#3,659
largest %s worldwide
#12,704
largest worldwide
1984
%d yrs older than avg
18
operated by %s
2
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
55 MW
Commissioned
1984
Status
Operational
Owner
Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise
Country
MMR
Coordinates
18.730, 95.229

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
106,913 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.2M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

23,242
cars / year
14,255
homes / year
4.9M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Shwedaung is a 55.35 MW gas power plant in Myanmar, commissioned in 1984.

Ranked #7 of 12 gas plants in Myanmar, Shwedaung represents 5.29% of the country’s total gas capacity of 1,047 MW. The largest gas plant in Myanmar is Ngam Tae at 230 MW, making Shwedaung 4.2 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Myanaung (34.7 MW, Gas) and Ye’new (25 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Magway Region, approximately 300 km northwest of Naypyidaw.

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