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2015-11-23
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2. Data source #5u540AX2

Type
Media report
Publication title
Houay Lamphan Gnai hydropower plant launches operation
Date
2015-11-16
Comment on data source
Vientiane Times report on 16/11/2015: "The Houay Lamphan Gnai hydropower plant, one of the stated-owned hydropower projects, switched on its generators to commence commercial operations on Saturday in Xekong province. The official opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, alongside Minister of Energy and Mines Dr Khammany Inthirath, Electricite du Laos (EDL) Managing Director Mr Sisavath Thiravong, the governors of four southern provinces and other invited guests. The project’s Director Mr Souliya Chanthavong told the media that the dam has a capacity of 88 MW and will be able to generate 480 GWh per year. “The project is financed by the Lao government to a total cost of US$206 million, of which some US$199 million is a loan from China’s Exim Bank while the remaining US$7 million came from EDL,” he said. Construction of the project was carried out by the China Gezhouba Group Company Limited and scheduled to take 60 months to complete but in fact it finished ahead of schedule. The dam is 820 metres above sea level and has a reservoir area of some seven square kilometres. The powerhouse is equipped with two sets of impulse turbines at a capacity of 44 MW each. [...]"

3. Data source #UraUH2pH

Type
Government sources
Comment on data source
Accessed on 31/12/2014: "Houay Lamphan Gnai (HLG) Hydropower project is owned by EDL and the EPC is carried out by China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd (CGGC). The project is located in the Thanteng district and about 40 km west of Sekong River, flow to the northwest on the tableland of the Bolaven Plateau and make a U-turn after dropping from the northern rim of the plateau. The HLG project is designed utilize a vertical drop of some 612 m between the top and bottom of the escarpment with a relatively short waterway to the propose powerhouse site. An install capacity of 88 MW and the average annual generation capacity is 480 GWh/Yearm, the generation power supplied to Champassak, Sekong , Attapeu and Saravanh province via the Southern Power grid."