Laos: Sekong Expects Over 100 Households Electrified by Year's End

Laos: Sekong Expects Over 100 Households Electrified by Year's End

More than 100 families in 10 villages of the newly relocated Kaleum district
in Sekong Province are expected to have access to electricity by the end of
this year.

Currently, there are 121 villages with access to electricity. Meanwhile, 174
families in nine villages have access to solar power. Over 15,000 households
are electrified in Sekong Province.

In the first six months of this year, Sekong province imported over 10
million KWh of electricity worth 5.77 billion kip (US$ 702,280) from Vietnam
and resold it to Champasack and Saravan provinces.

The province said that it had an ambitious plan to ensure the last six
months of 2017 witness the power production of the Houay Lamphanh Yai
Hydropower project reaching over 226 million KWh to ensure sufficient power
for consumption in the province and fetching over 118 billion kip
(approximately US$ 14.362 million) from power sales.

Owned by EDL and EPC, the Houay Lamphanh Gnai Hydropower project is located
in Thanteng district, about 40 km west of the Sekong River.

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Link to Original Article: http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=25728

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com