Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
About the company
Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd is a Chinese energy company specialising in coal power. It operates the Tigyit coal fired power plant in Shan State, with coal from the nearby Tigyit coal mine. Local residents oppose the power plant, which is causing widespread local pollution. The company has not met legal requirements regarding the environment, and it was temporarily closed in 2014 because of the impact of waste on the local environment.
Contact:
Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
No.3 Chengnan Rd
Wuxi City
Jiangsu Province
China
Email: wbe@wxboiler.cn
Sources:
Statement Opposing the planned restarted of the Tigyit coal fired power plant, Tigyit Communities and Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO), 28th May 2018
Residents still unhappy over Tigyit coal project, Chan Mya Htwe, Frontier Myanmar, 12th September 2018
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/residents-still-unhappy-over-tigyit-coal-project.html-0
Notified 8th August 2019
Added to the Dirty List 20 August 2019
Follow up letter sent 19th January 2022
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.