Myingyan power station is a 225 MW gas power station in Mandalay, Myanmar. It is operated by Sembcorp Myingyan Power Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 253k homes (estimated). It ranks #32 of 69 Myanmar power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 46.1% of Myanmar's electricity; the national grid averages 503 gCO₂/kWh (47.9% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_myingyan_myanma.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 110 MW for Myingyan II power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405336; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 225 MW, Myingyan power station is well above the median gas plant in Myanmar (172.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE: 6F.03. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Sembcorp Myingyan Power Co [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #12 largest gas power plant of 27 in Myanmar by capacity.
Myanmar has 27 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 12,801 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 21.386872, 95.376656 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Myingyan power station is a 225 MW gas power plant in Mandalay, Myanmar, commissioned in 2018.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 253,414 homes (estimated).
Myingyan power station is operated by Sembcorp Myingyan Power Co [100%].
