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| Comment on investment chain | "The project involves a total investment of about 2.4 trillion kip (US$308 million) that has been borrowed from Exim Bank of China...Nam Khan 2 is a large power plant project that will supply electricity for local consumption. It will particularly help people living in the northern part of Laos or remote areas who are still waiting for electricity to be supplied to their villages. The project’s large reservoir will also be developed as a major tourism site in the future helping to improve living conditions of people in the area. The project states it will lessen environmental impacts with gas, petroleum and energy producer Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte., Ltd agreeing with EDL on an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement in 2012 to buy carbon credits from the project via a clean development mechanism." Management was transferred to EDL in 2015. | "The project involves a total investment of about 2.4 trillion kip (US$308 million) that has been borrowed from Exim Bank of China...Nam Khan 2 is a large power plant project that will supply electricity for local consumption. It will particularly help people living in the northern part of Laos or remote areas who are still waiting for electricity to be supplied to their villages. The project’s large reservoir will also be developed as a major tourism site in the future helping to improve living conditions of people in the area. The project states it will lessen environmental impacts with gas, petroleum and energy producer Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte., Ltd agreeing with EDL on an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement in 2012 to buy carbon credits from the project via a clean development mechanism." Management was transferred to EDL in 2015.
The project location is located at Viengsamay and Nakeun villages of Phoukhoun District, Luangprabang Province.
Source: CDM/UNFCCC
The Nam Khan 2 hydropower plant is 48 km away from the Nam Khan 3 plant in Xieng Nguen district Luang Prabang province. The dam site near the village of Kengkoung
Source: Hobomap |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
| Name of community | In the Environmental Impact Assessment of this project identified the potential affected areas as details: , - Upstream area: Viengsamay and Nakeun villages of Phoukhoun District, Luangprabang Province , - Reservoir area: Samang and Bouampho villages of Phoukhoun District, Louangphrabang Province. Sopchoun, Dankhoua, Boxeun, Samui, Nongdy of Xieng Ngeun district, Luangphrabang Province, - Construction area: Nongdy village of Xieng Ngeun District, Louangphrabang Province, - Downstream area: Kengkoung village of Xieng Ngeun District, Louangphrabang Province, Source EDL GEN | |
| Comment on community reaction | The affected residents also say compensation for their land and farms flooded by the dams was far too low. Many of the approximately 100 families who have already been resettled say their new land isn’t large enough to support their livelihoods and doesn’t account for lost orchards and other investments they had made on their old land.
Source: ASEAN Today | |
| Comment on displacement of people | In the EIA report said that an area of about 200 ha of forest and grassland near Pa Pang will be cleared for resettlement and agricultural land. The resettlement areas for the other villages will also require clearance of forestland.
Source EDL GEN
Over 600 families in Luang Prabang province are reportedly still waiting for the Lao government to give them new homes after they were displaced nearly five years ago by the construction of the Nam Khan 2 and Nam Khan 3 dams.
The ASEAN Today posted article on 21 May 2021 which mentioned about Nam Khan dams that “local residents displaced by the Nam Khan dams and their large reservoirs have been living in temporary camps since 2016, waiting for the government to follow through on promises to give them new land on which they can farm and live”.
Source: ASEAN Today
Another source stated that Nam Khan 2 and Nam Khan 3 dams have to relocated villagers from 15 villages of roughly 5,000 affected people both in Xieng ngeun and Phoukhoun districts of Lungprabang province.
Source: RFA Laos
Based on Hobomap, it says that the Nam Khan 2 project required that 9 villages be relocated to new residences about 6 km away from the project.
Source: Hobomap | |
| Negative impacts for local communities | Environmental degradation | |
| Comment on negative impacts for local communities | The project states it will lessen environmental impacts with gas, petroleum and energy producer Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte., Ltd agreeing with EDL on an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement in 2012 to buy carbon credits from the project via a clean development mechanism.
Source: WLE/Vientiane Times
Some environmental impacts were also identified in the project information for CDM/UNFCCC such as air quality, noise, soil (erosion and landslide), the impact to aquatic ecology, biodiversity, forest, grassland.
Source: CDM/UNFCCC | |
| Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements) | About 400 affected people who live in Phouxang resettlement site had no agricultural land and the compensation payment was also very slow.
Source: RFA Laos | |
Former use | ||
Produce info | ||
| Comment on use of produce | The project includes a 115kV transmission line that links to a substation in Xieng Ngeun district of Luang Prabang Province, supplying electricity to the northern provinces and Vientiane. Nam Khan 2 will also provide power for the construction and operation of the China-Laos railway to be completed in 2021. | The project includes a 115kV transmission line that links to a substation in Xieng Ngeun district of Luang Prabang Province, supplying electricity to the northern provinces and Vientiane. Nam Khan 2 will also provide power for the construction and operation of the China-Laos railway to be completed in 2021.
Some of many million cubic metres of water will be used for energy generation with the rest going towards agricultural enterprises and other uses.
Source: WLE/Vientiane Times |
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Locations | ||
Location #nDgTtnRs | ||
| Spatial accuracy level | Coordinates | |
| Location | Nam Khan River, Laos | |
| Point | Lat: 19.68422 Lng: 102.33602 | |
| Comment | Position extracted from satellite imagery | |
Location #C4qrwwyi | ||
| Spatial accuracy level | Coordinates | |
| Location | Nam Khan River, Laos | |
| Point | Lat: 19.68422 Lng: 102.33602 | |
| Description | The project location is located at Viengsamay and Nakeun villages of Phoukhoun District, Luangprabang Province.
Source: CDM/UNFCCC
The Nam Khan 2 hydropower plant is 48 km away from the Nam Khan 3 plant in Xieng Nguen district Luang Prabang province. The dam site near the village of Kengkoung
Source: Hobomap | |
| Comment | Position extracted from satellite imagery | |
Data sources | ||
Data source #CdKmpmO5 | ||
| Type | Other | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Comment on data source | Construction site visible on Google Maps satellite imagery | |
Data source #2bvpKLQa | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
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| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Nam Khan 2 power plant readies for generation | |
| Date | 2015-04-21 | |
| Comment on data source | Nam Khan 2 hydropower plant expects to start energy generation in Luang Prabang province by September 2015. | |
Data source #RfPidkIY | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Other | |
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| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
Data source #I-qjMZqB | ||
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| Type | Media report | |
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| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Luang Prabang to trial Nam Khan 2 dam next month | |
| Date | 2015-08-31 | |
| Comment on data source | Vientiane Times report from 31/08/2015: "Energy generation at the Nam Khan 2 dam in Luang Prabang province is expected to get underway in September after the reservoir that supplies water to the dam began filling in April.
“We have finished all the hard work and are now making final checks of the details,” Deputy Project Manager Mr Thongphanh Thongsa said on Friday. The dam is on the Khan River and is being built by a Chinese company, Sinohydro Corporation.
Construction began in 2011 in Xieng Ngeun district and “is now 99.44 percent complete”, he said. “Based on current progress, we will start testing energy generation on September 25.”
The testing will take about three months or until the end of December, after which the dam will be handed over to Electricite du Laos (EDL). “We plan to have a handover ceremony on December 31,” Mr Thongphanh said.
Following the handover ceremony, project developers will consider a date for the official energy generation opening ceremony. “We can’t say when power generation will officially begin as it depends on government officials from Laos and China,” he said.
The Nam Khan 2 dam is a government project that will be managed and operated by EDL. The project involves total investment of about 2.4 trillion kip (US$308 million) which has been borrowed from the Exim Bank of China.
It has an installed capacity of 130 megawatts (MW) and will be able to generate 558 GWh of electricity per year that will be transmitted via a 115kV transmission line to a substation in Xiengngeun district to supply the northern provinces and Vientiane.
The dam will particularly benefit people in northern Laos and remote areas who are still waiting for electricity to be supplied to their villages.
The large reservoir will be developed as a tourist attraction, which will be a boost to the local economy.
Potential environmental impacts will be lessened under an agreement between EDL and gas, petroleum and energy producer Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte., Ltd. In 2012 they drew up an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement under which Gazprom will buy carbon credits from the project via a clean development mechanism.
Laos also has many other hydropower plants with the potential to sell carbon credits, and energy developers have already been contracted to sell carbon credits to other overseas companies.[..]" | |
Data source #g1JSvuJ2 | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Company sources | |
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| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | http://www.edlgen.com.la/project/nam-khan2-hydro-power-plant/?lang=en | |
| Date | 2020-11-06 | |
| Comment on data source | Accessed on 11/09/2020: details on hydroplant (type, capacity, catchment area) | |
Data source #bhfBAysv | ||
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| Type | Company sources | |
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| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | The water level at Nam Khan 2-3 HPPs is still remains controllable | |
| Date | 2019-08-23 | |
| Comment on data source | Accessed 11/06/2020: Company announcement regarding observed water levels. Authorities and residents are advised to stay alert despite safe water level status. | |
Data source #0E-RgGmm | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Company sources | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Sinohydro Nam Khan II & III HPP | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
Data source #46bsSJ7N | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Other | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
| Includes in-country-verified information | Yes | |
Data source #8tcxfEKi | ||
| Type | Other | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Comment on data source | Construction site visible on Google Maps satellite imagery | |
Data source #oe5GKyVX | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Nam Khan 2 power plant readies for generation | |
| Date | 2015-04-21 | |
| Comment on data source | Nam Khan 2 hydropower plant expects to start energy generation in Luang Prabang province by September 2015. | |
Data source #pavh469e | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Other | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
Data source #9u68KH-w | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Luang Prabang to trial Nam Khan 2 dam next month | |
| Date | 2015-08-31 | |
| Comment on data source | Vientiane Times report from 31/08/2015: "Energy generation at the Nam Khan 2 dam in Luang Prabang province is expected to get underway in September after the reservoir that supplies water to the dam began filling in April.
“We have finished all the hard work and are now making final checks of the details,” Deputy Project Manager Mr Thongphanh Thongsa said on Friday. The dam is on the Khan River and is being built by a Chinese company, Sinohydro Corporation.
Construction began in 2011 in Xieng Ngeun district and “is now 99.44 percent complete”, he said. “Based on current progress, we will start testing energy generation on September 25.”
The testing will take about three months or until the end of December, after which the dam will be handed over to Electricite du Laos (EDL). “We plan to have a handover ceremony on December 31,” Mr Thongphanh said.
Following the handover ceremony, project developers will consider a date for the official energy generation opening ceremony. “We can’t say when power generation will officially begin as it depends on government officials from Laos and China,” he said.
The Nam Khan 2 dam is a government project that will be managed and operated by EDL. The project involves total investment of about 2.4 trillion kip (US$308 million) which has been borrowed from the Exim Bank of China.
It has an installed capacity of 130 megawatts (MW) and will be able to generate 558 GWh of electricity per year that will be transmitted via a 115kV transmission line to a substation in Xiengngeun district to supply the northern provinces and Vientiane.
The dam will particularly benefit people in northern Laos and remote areas who are still waiting for electricity to be supplied to their villages.
The large reservoir will be developed as a tourist attraction, which will be a boost to the local economy.
Potential environmental impacts will be lessened under an agreement between EDL and gas, petroleum and energy producer Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte., Ltd. In 2012 they drew up an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement under which Gazprom will buy carbon credits from the project via a clean development mechanism.
Laos also has many other hydropower plants with the potential to sell carbon credits, and energy developers have already been contracted to sell carbon credits to other overseas companies.[..]" | |
Data source #01x6AFh6 | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Company sources | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | http://www.edlgen.com.la/project/nam-khan2-hydro-power-plant/?lang=en | |
| Date | 2020-11-06 | |
| Comment on data source | Accessed on 11/09/2020: details on hydroplant (type, capacity, catchment area) | |
Data source #uGxmLX6Z | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Company sources | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | The water level at Nam Khan 2-3 HPPs is still remains controllable | |
| Date | 2019-08-23 | |
| Comment on data source | Accessed 11/06/2020: Company announcement regarding observed water levels. Authorities and residents are advised to stay alert despite safe water level status. | |
Data source #sBbu2fLO | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Company sources | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Sinohydro Nam Khan II & III HPP | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
Data source #HWX5N7tD | ||
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| Type | Other | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Date | 2021-03-31 | |
| Includes in-country-verified information | Yes | |
Data source #rQ8RAPbT | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Luang Prabang to Tiral Nam Khan 2 dam in 2015 | |
| Date | 2015-08-31 | |
Data source #5VcUa1Bi | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | NAM KHAN 2 POWER PLANT READIES FOR GENERATION | |
| Date | 2015-04-28 | |
Data source #spTtxgjT | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Research Paper / Policy Report | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Nam Kan 2 HPP EIA Report | |
Data source #8g-G3dqG | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Other | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | New Mekong dam ignores threats to UNESCO World Heritage city, livelihoods and ecosystems | |
| Date | 2020-08-13 | |
| Organisation | ASEAN Today | |
Data source #ma53kRJI | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Contract | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | PDD Nam Khan 2 Hyrdo CDM | |
Data source #et6KTsEo | ||
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| Type | Media report | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Villagers asked for farmland both Nam Khan dam 2 & 3 | |
| Date | 2020-07-27 | |
| Organisation | RFA | |
Data source #FAeLwiab | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Villagers have no farmland Nam Khan 2 Dam | |
| Date | 2018-05-23 | |
| Organisation | RFA | |
Contracts | ||
Contract #bbVcFGMx | ||
| Comment on contract | According the Feasibility Study, the operational lifetime of the project is 25 years (plus 4 years construction). | |