The Lao PDR government opened the Xayaburi Dam Which is a dam that generates electricity from hydro The first on the lower Mekong River For official commercial use On Tuesday (Oct. 29)
Xayaburi Dam In Xayaburi city In the north, west of Laos Project value of US $ 4,470 million or approximately 135,000 million baht. Construction took 9 years by CK Power, a subsidiary of CH. Karnchang, a giant construction company in Thailand. And received funding from many Thai banks and financial institutions
Xayaburi Dam Which has a capacity of 1,285 megawatts and will sell 95 percent of its electricity to Thailand With an average price of 2 baht per unit, it is the first hydroelectric dam of at least 9 projects that are currently under construction. Or have a construction plan On the lower Mekong River Causing concern for the lives of tens of millions of people in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam Living at the end of the river
Several groups that opposed construction on the Mekong said it was not yet predictable how the Mekong would change. Or how much more degradation After the Xayaburi Dam started full power generation But is believed to create trouble To the sustenance of tens of millions of people living on both sides of the lower Mekong River. Increased from another 11 dams on the upper Mekong River In the area of China
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