Version 75944 | Version 88124 | |
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General info | ||
Size in operation (production) |
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Comment on land area | Catchment Area = 1,993 km2 | Catchment Area = 1,993 km2
The reservoir area of this project is 46 square kilometers (4,600 ha) under operation
Source: EIA monitoring report |
Comment on implementation status | The project was licensed in 2007, commissioned in July 2010 and achieved commercial operation in August 2011.
[Source: Hobomap]
China Development Bank provides $119.3 million buyerβs credit loan to 100MW Nam Lik 1-2 Hydropower Project
[Source: China Aid Data] | |
Employment | ||
Investor info | ||
Comment on investment chain | Shareholders: China Water and Energy Corporation (CWE) (80%), Electricite du Laos (EDL) (20%) | Shareholders: China Water and Energy Corporation (CWE) (80%), Electricite du Laos (EDL) (20%)
Based on information on EIA report, Hobomap website and the presentation of ODFDL (Lefal & Tax) βChina Water & Energy, Ltd. holding 90 percent and EDL holding ten percent for the Nam Lik 2 Hydropower Project (Nam Lik 1-2 dam).β
[Source: Hobomap & ODFDL & EIA monitoring report]
China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) is a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG).
The Nam Lik 1-2 Hydropower Project is the CWE's first build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) project overseas and the first hydropower project in Laos funded by a Chinese company.
[Source: China Daily ] |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Name of community | HinHeup Village | |
Community reaction | Mixed reaction | |
Comment on community reaction | Some important demands from villagers were not met. Villagers stated that they do not have power to negotiate for a better land price (for the loss). Besides, the oral agreement between villagers and company were not implemented. | |
Comment on displacement of people | no resident resettlement is needed. | Although there is no resettlement, there was still farmland and paddy field were occupied due to construction of permanent and temporary camps, quarries and access road.
According to the EIA report, in the reservoir area, the paddy fields and farmland of seven villages consisted of 493 households with total 3172 were affected by this project. While in the downstream, there were impacts on water use and local irrigation system of 10 villages. It was also reported that some affected people have not yet received compensation for the loss of their agricultural land (due to the flooding-because of the water-releasing from this dam)
Source: CDM & EIA monitoring report |
Negative impacts for local communities | Environmental degradation, Socio-economic | |
Comment on negative impacts for local communities | More than 3,000 ha in Kasy and Feuang district of Vientiane province of forest were lost due to this project. There is also the loss of fish species.
Source: EIA monitoring report | |
Materialized benefits for local communities | Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads | |
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities | Infrastructure provided such as road, bridge, water supply improvement, replacement of secondary school and broadcasting speakers were substandard. | |
Former use | ||
Produce info | ||
Comment on use of produce | Domestic use | All the power generated from the Project is supplied to EDL in accordance with a Take-or-Pay Commitment for a period of 25 years for domestic consumption
[Hobomap] |
Water | ||
Gender-related info | ||
Overall comment | ||
Overall comment | The Nam Lik 2 hydropower project (Nam Lik 1-2 dam) has qualified as a greenhouse-gas-reducing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project under the Kyoto Protocol and has a 7-year renewable crediting period. Estimated CO2 emission reductions during this crediting period are 207,512 tons per year.
Source: Hobomap | |
Meta | ||
Locations | ||
Data sources | ||
Data source #rv5g88ZE | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Attracting Investors in Hydropower_Whatβs Needed & lessons from Laos_IFC | |
Organisation | DFDL | |
Data source #Q_Rejst0 | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | CDM apply for Nam Lik 1-2 Dam | |
Organisation | UNFCCC | |
Data source #fMXW0JOj | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Media report | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | CTG's Nam Lik 1-2 Hydropower Project wins National Labor Medal in Laos - Chinadaily.com.cn | |
Organisation | China Daily | |
Data source #90N44w35 | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Other | |
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | EIA monitoring report of Nam Lik 1-2 dam in 2019_ΰ»ΰΊΰΊΰΊΰΊ²ΰΊΰ»ΰΊΰΊ·ΰ»ΰΊΰΊΰ»ΰΊΰΊΰ»ΰΊ²ΰΊΰ»ΰ»ΰΊ²ΰΊ₯ΰΊ΅ΰΊ 1-2 ΰΊ§ΰΊ±ΰΊΰΊΰΊ΅ 23- 26 ΰΊΰΊ±ΰΊΰΊΰΊ² 2019 | |
Comment on data source | written in local dialect | |
Data source #vwaUvz7a | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Other | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Nam Lik 1-2 dam | |
Organisation | Aid Data | |
Data source #WGD44xZX | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Media report | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Nam Lik 2 Dam Hydropower info - Nam Lik 1-2 Dam Info - by Hobo Maps | |
Organisation | Hobomaps | |
Contracts |