Yangon buildings ordered to install solar as blackouts grip Myanmar

October 14, 2026

Following rolling blackouts amid a nationwide power shortage, Myanmar’s regime has mandated that all new commercial buildings in Yangon must install solar-power systems. The Oct.1 order issued by the Yangon City Development Committee comes as prices soar for Chinese-made solar panels and batteries—a market monopolized by regime leader Min Aung Hlaing’s son, Aung Pyae Sone.

The regime introduced four-hour rotational blackouts throughout the country, including Yangon, in early October to handle a worsening power-supply crisis. Photo: GNLM
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