Dapein (1) Hydropower Project in Union of Myanmar

Dapein (1) Hydropower Project in Union of Myanmar (hereafter referred to as “the project” or “project”) is located on Dapein River in Bhamo city, Kachin state, Myanmar. The project is a newlybuilt hydropower project with the installed capacity of 240MW (60MW×4).

The electricity is expected to be delivered to the regional power grid consisting of Myanmar National Power Grid (hereafter referred to as “MNPG”) and South China Power Grid (hereafter referred to as “SCPG”). The spatial extent of the project boundary includes the project power plant and all power plants connected physically to the electricity system that the CDM project power plant is connected to.

The project is operated by Dapein(1) Hydropower Company Limited which is the Joint Venture (hereafter referred to as “JV”) company found by Datang (Yunnan) United Hydropower Developing Company Limited (hereafter referred to as “DUHD”) in China and the Department of Hydropower Planning Ministry of Electric Power No.(1)(hereafter referred to as “DHPP”) in Myanmar. In accordance with Development Operation Transfer (hereafter referred to as “DOT”) signed be both DUHD and DHPP and the Feasibility Study Report (FSR), The estimated annual operational hours are 4,458h, with the Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 0.5089, and the annual electricity generation is 1,070,000 MWh. 8% of the annual total production of electricity is supposed to be supplied to Myanmar as free power for the first 25 years and 10% for remaining 15 years.