Deal #6603

Lao PDR
Created at
2015-12-02
Last update
2022-08-17
Last full update
2022-08-17

2. Data source #oe5GKyVX

Type
Media report
Url
landmatrix.org
File
6603b.pdf
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.

4. Data source #9u68KH-w

Type
Media report
Url
landmatrix.org
File
6603c.pdf
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.[..]"

5. Data source #01x6AFh6

Type
Company sources
Url
www.edlgen.com.la
File
6603e.pdf
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)

6. Data source #uGxmLX6Z

Type
Company sources
Url
edlgen.com.la
File
6603f.pdf
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.