BCPG eager to build Asean’s largest wind farm in Laos
SET-listed BCPG Plc, a renewable energy arm of Bangchak Corporation Plc, plans to build Asean’s largest wind farm in Laos to generate revenue from rising demand for electricity. The company announced it will spend US$ 840 million, around 26.8 billion baht, developing the facility, with a capacity of 600 megawatts, on 400,000 rai in southern Laos.
A broken dam and broken promises: Laos doubles down on hydropower despite risks
Two years ago this week, a dam in southern Laos collapsed, releasing a flood that displaced over 7,000 people and killed at least 71. When a section of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower project broke on July 23, 2018, it sent 500 million cubic meters of water downstream. The flooding destroyed people’s homes and farms, inundating […]
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia’s river reversal runs late
KAMPONG KHLEANG, Cambodia (Reuters) – Crucial water flows to the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food supply of more than a million people.
Gov’t Statistics Show Mekong Water Levels Are Precariously Low
PHNOM PENH — Government data released on July 17 showed water levels in the Mekong River are lower than at this time last year, on account of poor rainfall along the mainstream in Cambodia, with others pointing to hydropower dams in China and Laos.
Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos’ energy plans?
The plan to turn Laos into a hub of Southeast Asia’s rising cross-border power trade was never without controversy. But amid the nation’s recent approval of yet another coal power plant, a question looms large: In its thirst for foreign capital, has Laos fallen prey to rogue firms doing more harm than good?
New Homes Built For Lao Flood Survivors Two Years After Dam Collapse
Construction has begun on permanent homes for displaced victims of the worst dam collapse in Laos in decades just weeks after thousands of survivors were reported fleeing from unsanitary conditions in the temporary relocation camps to which they had first been sent after the 2018 disaster, Lao sources say.
Laos to embark on 1,400MW Third Mekong Dam project
The Laos government has given way for the construction of the Third Mekong Dam project that will have a capacity of 1400MW; the largest dam along the river. Construction of the third Mekong Dam project will officially begin this year. The news on the construction comes after various neighbouring countries including; Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam […]
S’pore energy firm to build S$2.35 billion coal power plant in Laos
The government of Laos has approved the construction of the country’s second coal plant, which will be carried out by a firm in Singapore, Evolution Power Investment Corporation (EPIC). This announcement came at a time when countries are gearing towards cleaner renewable energy sources and turning away from coal which is cheap but polluting.
