Plans are underway to construct twelve large hydropower projects on the un-dammed lower and middle mainstream Mekong River in Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia. One of the planned projects is a 30–32 meter–high hydroelectric dam with an expected 240 MW installed generating capacity to be built on...
Cambodia backs Lao Don Sahong dam project: PM PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Saturday that the country supported Laos for the construction project of controversial 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River....
SMC said that under the Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement (PNPCA), the prior consultation for the Laos project is not legitimate. Thai investment in Laos hydropower reveals dire disconnect in the Mekong 立即阅读 → 立即阅读 → Submission of the Don Sahong Dam for Prior...
The combination of the existing hydropower dams, such as the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos, Don Sahong dam in the southern Laos, the Lower Sesan 2 dam in northeastern Cambodia, and especially the under-construction Sekong A dam in Laos, is a conspicuous concern that will adversely impact ...