Myanmar CrisisMyanmar junta's solar power bid tests post-coup investor sentiment
Western money uncommitted while China state companies said to be held back
Yangon at night: The junta's solar power tender will be a litmus test on investor sentiment.
RORY WALLACE, Contributing writer, and GWEN ROBINSON, Nikkei Asia editor-at-large
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's junta has launched an ambitious scheme to build solar farms that can generate up to 320 megawatts across the heartland regions, areas dominated by the predominantly Buddhist Bamar population, in a major test of investor confidence in the new regime.