Solar power in Myanmar has the potential to generate 51,973.8 TWh/year, with an average of over 5 sun hours per day.
Even though hydropower is responsible for most electricity production in Myanmar, the country has rich technical solar power potential that is the highest in the Greater Mekong Subregion; however, in terms of installed capacity Myanmar lags largely behind Thailand and Vietnam.
[1] In 2023, solar power contributed 1.65% of the country's total energy mix.
[4] Myanmar's opened its first solar power plant in Minbu, Magway Division, in November 2018.
[5][6] In 2019, the government announced plans to build two solar energy plants—in Myingyan and Wundwin in Mandalay Division—each to have a generation capacity of 150 MW.