A Chinese Sichuan company and the Myanmar electric power authorities signed a contract here Thursday on provision of equipment to the Myanmar side for a double transmission line project.

The contract is between the Sichuan Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co Ltd of China and the Myanma Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) of the Ministry of Electric Power.

Having a total length of 356 kilometers (km), the 230-kilovolt (kv) double transmission line extends from Myanmar-China border's Ruili power plant in the north to Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay in the south.

Besides equipment for the transmission line, the Chinese side will also provide equipment to three other sub-stations covered by the transmission line.

Under the contract, the Chinese side is also responsible for the project's site supervision, technical services and personnel training.

The 34.72 million-US-dollar project will be completed in 22 months.

The Ruili hydropower plant, which will start construction in November this year and complet its construction in a 42 months period, is located in northern Shan state of Myanmar, 90 km from China's border town of Ruili.

The installed generating capacity of the plant is 400 megawatts (mw) with an annual generating capacity of nearly 3,022 million kilowatt-hours (kwh), accounting for 35 percent of Myanmar's total installed generating capacity.

Myanmar, which is in serious shortage of electric power, has a total installed generating capacity of 1,165 mw. In addition to the power shortage, the country's power transmission lines are also outdated and unable to meet the people's living and economic development. On completion of the project, it will greatly raise Myanmar's power transmission capacity.

On behalf of respective sides, Yao Yuning, chairman and president of the Chinese Sichuan company, and Sann Oo, managing- director of the MEPE signed the contract and the event was witnessed by Myanmar Minister of Electric Power Major-General Tin Htut.

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