Yeywa Dam

No(2)...August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07) No(3)...June 16, 2010 (2010-18-16) The Yeywa Hydropower Station (Burmese: ရဲရွာရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ), located on the Myitnge River, 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Mandalay city, at Yeywa village in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region in central Myanmar, is the country's first roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam,[3] and the site of a 790-megawatt (1,060,000 hp) hydroelectric power plant, the largest in the country.

In 2003 agreement part 2 for Detail Design, preparation of tender documents and guidance services for construction supervision was signed.

In 2004, Burma's Ministry of Electric Power (MEPE) signed a Memorandum of understanding with a consortium of Chinese companies created by China International Trust & Investment Co. (CITIC) and Sinohydro Corporation for implementation of the project.

The power generation facilities consist of four water intakes, each consisting of 22-foot (6.7 m) diameter and 492-foot (150 m) long high tensile steel pipe penstocks and four vertical axis Francis turbines and generator units and associated electro-mechanical and auxiliary equipment installed in an open air powerhouse.

Four water intake towers were built as conventional reinforced concrete structures abutting the upstream (east) face of the RCC dam.

High-Tech Concrete Technologies (HTCT), a member of Shwe Taung Group, was the one who has been succeeding the knowledge from local perspective.

[14] 3,550 gigawatt-hours (12,800 TJ) of electricity per year will be supplied to the Mandalay Division regional power grid for public and private consumption.

Four water intake
Inside the generation house