YANGON (Xinhua) -- The construction of Myanmar’s biggest hydropower plant, Yeywa, is nearing completion and the test run on one of the turbines of the plant will be launched during next month, the local weekly Voice reported Sunday.

The construction of the dam on the Myitnge River involved a number of Chinese companies on contracts signed with the Myanmar side since 2004.
The project costs over 600 million U.S. dollars including 400 million dollars borne by the government and 200 million dollars by China, reports said.
The Yeywa hydropower plant, located 50 kilometers southeast of Mandalay, has an installed capacity of 790 megawatts (mw) and can produce 3.55 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) per year on completion.
The electricity generated will be transmitted to the whole country through Kyaukse, Meikhtila and Mandalay on 230 kilo-volt double cable lines, experts said.
Meanwhile, in May this year, Myanmar added one more hydropower station, the Shweli-1, in the northern part of Shan state.
The Shweli-1, located at Manthet Village, 27.2 kilometers southwest of Namkham, possesses an installed capacity of 600 mw which can produce 4.022 billion kwh yearly.
Up to now, Myanmar has a total installed generating capacity of1,684 mw. In 2008-09, it generated 6.62 billion kwh of electricity, according to official statistics.