Energy

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Standardisation and Metrology under the Ministry of Science and Technology will carry out fuel checks at petrol stations across the country this year to ensure products comply with the standards set by the government.In 2017, the department found ...

VIENTIANE, LAOS – As the proposed Pak Lay hydropwer project gathers steam, officials deliberated in Vientiane on Friday to discuss risk management measures.A summary of recommendations and suggestions of proposed impact mitigation and risk management measures and a final draft technical review report were among ...

Critics warn of hidden costs in forging ahead with more damsTHE DEBATE over Laos’ strategy to become the “Battery of Asia” continues months after the deadly disaster at the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower dam, even as the Lao government keeps building more dams. Despite the ...

XAYABOURY, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Thailand is encouraging Laos to authorise operation of the under-construction Xayaboury hydropower plant ahead of schedule, to lower the overall power tariff, according to a Thai newspaper.Citing a reliable source, the Bangkok Post reported that Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ...

HANOI (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Vietnam will further cooperate on electricity trading after a leading committee from Laos’ Ministry of Energy and Mines met with officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi, Vietnam.The visit was led by Minister of Energy and ...

LAO AUTHORITIES say negotiations have begun over compensation for the victims of last summer’s Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy Dam collapse, but environmental activists and rights campaigners want the dam’s backers to do more than just pay out money – they should help restore their livelihoods, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is developing a strategic plan to become the network centre for a regional electricity transmission system by 2025.Director of the Energy Management Department under the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mr Sichard Boudshakittilath, recently detailed the plan during a workshop ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Energy Management in the Ministry of Energy and Mines plans to modernise the power system and increase its overall capacity by installing additional hydro-power plants that utilise the best and latest technologies.Speaking at a two-day workshop titled Business ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A foreign company will build a solar power farm on 54.2 hectares of land in the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Khammuan province.A project development agreement was signed between the Executive Board of the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone and Hainan ...

Some US$710,000 (more than 6 billion kip) has been paid to the families of 71 people who died or are still missing after an auxiliary dam collapsed in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province.The 71 victims of the July 2018 tragedy comprise 22 missing people and 49 ...