Featured in The ASEAN story – 08-2013

“A doable thing”

Myanmar: Demand for energy systems is acute in Myanmar. Without government support for solar, there’s little evidence of utility-scale PV in the country. But solar technology is gaining advocates from social enterprises and local entrepreneurs.

Min Chan Win, CEO of startup Myanmar Eco Solutions in Yangon, admits he was a bit nervous about his first shipment of Indian-based Orb Energy’s Solectric Plug and Play solar PV systems. The Plug and Play 15 system retails at US$100 – a huge sum in a market where even a US$10 purchase might require …

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