Hydropower dams

Poor construction methods, with soil used in place of concrete, caused a fatal hydropower dam collapse last year in Laos, a panel of water experts has concluded, prompting a rejection of its findings by the South Korean firm that built the project.The disaster occurred on ...

(KPL) The findings of an investigation conducted by a panel of professional and independent experts have suggested that the root cause of the saddle dam D of the Xepian- Xe Namnoy hydropower project is not force majeure.The National Investigation Committee revealed on Tuesday the results of the ...

Villagers in Laos displaced by the Don Sahong Dam under construction near the border with Cambodia are still going without jobs and income three years into the project despite promises from the government to help them.Construction on the Mekong river dam, backed by a Malaysian ...

XEKONG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has authorised a local energy developer to conduct a feasibility study of the Nam Pagnou (Lower) Hydropower Project in Xekong province.A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed last Friday between Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Souphan Keomixay, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has made a commitment to take the key recommendations of Mekong River Commission (MRC) members and relevant stakeholders into account when designing and building the Pak Lai hydropower project, according to a senior official.Speaking at a session in Vientiane ...

Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged fellow Mekong River Commission member Laos to address cross-border and environmental impact issues following consultations on its Pak Lay hydropower dam project.On Thursday, the MRC member countries agreed on a statement on the proposed project, after they concluded a ...

LUANG NAMTHA, Loas (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Nam Ou river in northern Laos will eventually have seven hydropower plants, with some already complete and generating electricity for public use.All of these dams will be completed by 2020 with electricity from these plants to provide 42 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – About US$500 million has been spent on the relocation and movement of 60,000 people from 12,000 families in more than 200 villages across Laos to make way for power projects, the Energy and Mines Minister has said.Dr Khammany Inthirath reported these ...

LUANG NAMTHA, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Hundreds of families in Bokeo and Luang Namtha provinces that were resettled due to the Nam Tha 1 hydro-power plant are worried about their future despite receiving ample assistance from authorities.More than 1,700 families from 37 villages in Phaoudom ...

An estimated 125 families from seven villages in Vienthong district of central Laos’ Bolikhamxay province, who would be displaced after construction of a new dam are refusing to accept compensation from the developer, saying what they have been offered is not enough.Construction on the Nam ...