Xayaburi dam
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Laos plans to sell electricity from the
proposed Xayaburi dam across the Mekong River to Cambodia, Lao Energy
Minister Soulivong Daravong was quoted as saying Tuesday.
The US-based water news service Ooska News said Soulivong announced the plan on the sidelines of a meeting of ASEAN energy ministers in Phnom Penh last week.
"The Lao minister ... also denied claims that Vietnam and Cambodia oppose construction of the dam," the report from Vientiane said. "He insisted that the project will not be shelved."
Although China has several dams across the Mekong in the Upper Mekong Basin, the proposed Xayaburi dam in northern Laos would be the first mainstream dam in the lower basin.
Until now, the Thai developers have said that most of the electricity generated by the controversial Xayaburi project would be sold to Thailand with a small amount going to Laos.
Cambodia and Vietnam have voiced concerns about the dam's impact on Mekong fisheries and sediment flows.
The US-based water news service Ooska News said Soulivong announced the plan on the sidelines of a meeting of ASEAN energy ministers in Phnom Penh last week.
"The Lao minister ... also denied claims that Vietnam and Cambodia oppose construction of the dam," the report from Vientiane said. "He insisted that the project will not be shelved."
Although China has several dams across the Mekong in the Upper Mekong Basin, the proposed Xayaburi dam in northern Laos would be the first mainstream dam in the lower basin.
Until now, the Thai developers have said that most of the electricity generated by the controversial Xayaburi project would be sold to Thailand with a small amount going to Laos.
Cambodia and Vietnam have voiced concerns about the dam's impact on Mekong fisheries and sediment flows.
1 comment:
Please don't buy shit from this destruction's dam that cause hardship for millions people down stream from this fxxckin'dam.Let them sell to animals or aliens that lives in the jungle/ space,couple of months ago you were against this fxxckin'dam now you're trying to buy their electricity,that is ridiculous!!! Khmers &Siams were sucks if you buy this electricity from Laos.
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