Friday, August 14, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Yeywa Dam

Mandalay Region, Myanmar

The 1095th largest power station in the world

790 MW · Capacity

The Yeywa Hydropower Station (Burmese), 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, and the site of a 790-megawatt (1, 060, 000 hp) hydroelectric power plant, the largest in the country.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More power stations in Myanmar

  1. TaSang Dam7.11 GW
  2. Myitsone Dam6 GW
  3. Shwegyin Dam75 MW

Other large power stations worldwide

  1. Bui Dam · Ghana1,440 GW
  2. Western Green Energy Hub · Australia50 GW
  3. Gujarat Hybrid Renewable Energy Park · India30 GW
  4. Three Gorges Dam · China22.5 GW
  5. Baihetan Dam · China16 GW
  6. Itaipu Dam · Paraguay14 GW
  7. Xiluodu Dam · China13.86 GW
  8. Belo Monte Dam · Brazil11 GW