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HONG KONG, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- VPower's latest power plant was officially launched at an opening ceremony on site, near the special economic zone of Kyauk Phyu, led by Chief Minister of Rakhine State, U Maung Maung Ohn and other state officials.
The interim plant station features 32 gas generator sets of the latest generation made by MTU Onsite Energy and the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) project took just under 4 months to complete - from greenfield to total turnkey power solution.
VPower won the contract to support Myanmar's existing generating capacity with 45MW of power and signed the power purchase agreement with state owned Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) back in January.
"Bringing immediate power supply to developing regions fast is what VPower does best," said VPower CEO Rorce Au-Yeung, "and our long term strategic partnership with MTU is key to delivering the kind of total power solutions that Myanmar rapid growth can ride on."
"The latest generation of MTU Onsite Energy gas generating sets went into this milestone power project," said Mr. Heinz Bruckmann, Director of MTU Asia Pte Ltd, "this is one of the upcoming collaborations with VPower Group and an important step forward to bring advanced powering technology into Myanmar."
VPower is the first company to supply, build and operate a gas-fired power plant that connects directly to the country's 230kV grid. This is also VPower's first project to install a complete 33kV/230kV transformer and switchgear module in Myanmar. Typical temporary power plants are connected to the 33kV transmission lines instead.
The VPower site crew has been working closely with MEPE to overcome the technical hurdles, including the challenge to deliver one of the heaviest 33/230kV setup power transformer plus equipment, at over 100 tons, to the rural area near Kyauk Phyu.
VPower has been delivering adaptable medium term power solutions to developing areas in the South East Asia and around the world. This power project marks another milestone investment for the company following the installation of the largest power plant that uses MTU Onsite Energy and Bergen gas gensets from Rolls-Royce, generating a total of 81MW from a single place in Indonesia.
About VPower Group
VPower is one of the leaders in the short to medium term power generation industry and the largest high speed generator-set system integrator & distributor in China. VPower focuses on bringing reliable power solutions fast and cost-effectively to rapidly developing areas in an environmentally sound manner. VPower is headquartered in Hong Kong and employs over 800 employees globally.
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