Laos: More hydropower plants on horizon for Attapeu

Laos: More hydropower plants on horizon for Attapeu

Attapeu province plans to develop a further 18 hydropower projects by 2025
in order to reduce their electricity dependency on outside sources, the
Provincial Energy and Mines Department reported recently.

Attapeu has considerable potential for the construction of both small and
large hydropower plants and many companies have already signed Memorandum of
Understandings for the construction of these plants across the province.

During the 2016-17 fiscal year, the province had imported just over 24MW of
energy from outside sources.

Provincial Energy and Mines Department Director Vithaya Phommachanh told
Vientiane Times that, so far, three hydropower projects; Huoay Ho plant with
an installed capacity of 152 MW, Xenamnoy1 plant with an installed capacity
of 14.2MW and Xekaman1 plant with an installed capacity of 290 MW, have all
been successfully built.

Furthermore, there were six hydropower projects currently being built. These
include; Xepian-Xenamnoy plant with an installed capacity of 420 MW,
Namkong1 plant with an installed capacity of 160 MW, Namkong 2 plant with an
installed capacity of 66 MW, Xekaman-Sanxay plant with an installed capacity
of 32 MW, Namkong 3 plant with an installed capacity of 45 MW and Houay
Sanong with an installed capacity of 0.65 MW.

Vithaya said that specifically the province plans to build ten more
small-scale hydropower projects and another eight mega hydropower projects
from 2020-2025 in order to reduce their import of electricity, which is
currently being imported from Champassak province and Vietnam.

The eight mega hydropower projects with a total installed capacity of 490 MW
consist of Xepian Xenmanoy plant with an installed capacity of around 80 MW,
Namkong 0 with an installed capacity of 24MW, Xekong (downstream) plant with
an installed capacity of 80 MW, Xekong (upstream) plant with an installed
capacity of 152 MW, Xekong 3B plant with an installed capacity of 50 MW, Nam
Ngon 1-2 plant with an installed capacity of 50 MW, Nam Kaphuan plant with
an installed capacity of 30 MW and Nam Ang Tabeng plant with an installed
capacity of 30 MW.

The other ten small-scale projects will include the Nam Thuay plant with an
installed capacity of 1.8 MW, Nam Pa (upstream) plant with an installed
capacity of 3.2MW, Nam Pa (downstream) plant with an installed capacity of
4MW, Nam Houay Lok plant with an installed capacity of 5MW, Xe Sou plant
with an installed capacity of 15MW, Nam Youn plant with an installed
capacity of 15MW, Nam Paluad 1-2 plant with an installed capacity of 12MW,
Xepian (downstream) plant with an installed capacity of 14.8MW, Xe Sou 4
plant with an installed capacity of 7MW and Houay Phok plant with an
installed capacity of 12MW.

Once the construction of these hydropower plants is completed, the province
should have adequate electricity even exporting the surplus for sale
domestically and in neigbouring countries, said Vithaya.

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Link to Original Article: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/asean/9600

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com