Abstract

Hydropower is the world's leading renewable energy resources in electricity generation that produces 71% of electricity more than other forms of energy sources such as coal, gas, and oil which are not reliable and gradually diminish day by day. Therefore, hydropower is essential and considered as an economical factor for producing electricity. There are many untapped hydropower resources in the world. The developing country, Myanmar, is also have about 100 GW unexploited energy potential from the rivers for hydropower electrification. This paper is the review paper which presents about the condition of the hydroelectricity in Myanmar in detail.

Details

Title
Review on hydropower in Myanmar
Author
May Myat Moe Saw 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ji-Qing, Li 1 

1  North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China 
Pages
1-7
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jun 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
21905487
e-ISSN
21905495
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-019-0984-y
ProQuest document ID
2231719456
Copyright
Applied Water Science is a copyright of Springer, (2019). All Rights Reserved., © 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.