High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! There are close to 200 large Dams in Burma. Burma (Myanmar) has a large hydroelectric power potential of 39,000 Megawatts (MW), although the economical exploitable potential is about 37,000 MW. Burma tripled its installed capacity of hydro plants, from 253 MW in 1990 to 745 MW in 2002. Total installed capacity in 2010 is at least 2,449 MW, 6% of potential. Several large dams are planned to increase future hydro utilization.