The consultation process requires Laos to hold inter-governmental consultations before proceeding with the dam, and conduct and share studies on the project’s environmental and the social impacts. The ...

Energy authorities have removed Nam Ngum 3 hydropower plant from a list of four potential hydropower projects that are set to sell electricity to Thailand, says a source at the Energy Ministry.The ...

The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense. From a popular television show to a tragic dam collapse ...

ThailandThe hunger for electricity in Thailand is driving dam construction on the lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia. Bangkok’s CentralWorld complex houses some 500 shops, a hotel, and an ice ...

BANGKOK--Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday.

VIENTIANE: Nam Theun 2, one of Laos’ most significant hydropower projects in Laos, is expected to generate approximately US$2 billion to the government of Laos over the 25-year concession period.

Europe’s Pöyry Energy and its controversial role as Xayaburi dam consultant have been challenged under new OECD CSR rules. Laos has just gone deeper into debt with a U.S. $5 billion loan to ...

The December 2011 ministerial-level meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) agreed to delay a decision on building the Xayaburi dam pending further studies on the impacts of the controversial ...

Concerns were raised at a forum on Wednesday over the likelihood that the Sanakham hydropower project, a run-of-river dam, would have a bad impact on Thai communities downstream.The 12 turbines of the ...

The dam project is proposed to be built on the Mekong between Xayaburi and Vientiane provinces of Laos, about 2km upstream of the Thai-Lao border in Loei. It is expected to generate 687 megawatts ...