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The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project, currently under construction on the Nakai Plateau, in Khammouane province, is the largest and most controversial hydroelectric project in Lao PDR. The US $1.3 billion dam, with a generation capacity of 1,070 megawatts (MW) is a trans-basin diversion project, in which a 48 metre-high dam would be built on the Nam Theun River, a tributary of the Mekong River, and reservoir water would be released from the project’s power station into another Mekong tributary, the Xe Bang Fai River. [map] |
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The project’s reservoir will flood an area of 450 km2 and degrade a further 500km2 of the Nakai Plateau, which is habitat to a number of species of global significance including the Asian elephant. In addition to forcibly resettling 6,200 indigenous people living on the Nakai Plateau, the project will adversely affect more than 100,000 people who currently derive significant and important livelihood benefits from the Xe Bang Fai River.
The project is structured as a BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) scheme, in which the project developers, the Nam Theun 2 Power Company (NTPC), will transfer ownership of the dam to the Government of Lao PDR (GoL) after a 25-year concession period. The NTPC, established in August 2002 as a limited company to develop, finance and operate the Nam Theun 2 project comprises of: Electricite de France International (35 per cent ownership); Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (25 per cent) and Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (15 per cent), both of Thailand; and Lao Holding State Enterprises, a company fully owned by the GoL (25 per cent).
On 31 March 2005, the World Bank – which has provided financial and technical assistance for studies and planning, as well as consistent political support for Nam Theun 2, since the late 1980s – approved a US$20 million grant and loan guarantees worth US$250 million, paving the way for NTPC to secure financing from other commercial lenders and public institutions. The dam is expected to begin operation in 2009, upon which more than 90 per cent of its electricity output will be exported to Thailand. |
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| MEDIA |
Laos’ NT2 dam investors acknowledge delay in relocating villagers
Laos Today 10 August 2006
Nam Theun 2 village resettlement accelerated
KPL (Khaosan Pathet Lao) 14 July 2006
Laos boosts development prospects with dam hopes
Reuters 22 June 2006
Dam changes the face of Laos’ hinterlands
International Herald Tribune 21 June 2006
Entrepreneurs toil as Laos bets on hydro for growth
Reuters 10 May 2006
Lao banks on aid but donors losing patience
Today Online 5 April 2006
Dam brings Laos cash and controversy
International Herald Tribune 15 March 2006
Nam Theun dam carries heavy price
The Nation 7 February 2006
Environmentalists lose the dam battle in Laos
Thai Day 1 December 2005
Local banks help fund Nam Theun 2
Bangkok Post 27 September 2005
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BRIEFINGS & ARTICLES |
Paying the bill for destruction: Thai society and the Nam Theun 2 dam in Lao PDR
Watershed Vol. 10 No. 2, November – June 2005
Technical Review of the World Bank’s Nam Theun 2 Hydro Power Project Regional Least-Cost Analysis, Draft Final Report and Nam Theun 2 Project Economics, Interim Summary Report
Witoon Permpongsacharoen 14 March 2005
Wildlife conservationists urge World Bank to postpone Lao dam decision
TERRA Press Briefing 14 March 2005
Thai villagers rally against Nam Theun 2 dam outside World Bank
TERRA Press Briefing 14 March 2005
Japanese MPs voice concerns about World Bank support for Nam Theun 2 dam in Laos
Press Release by TERRA and Mekong Watch 16 February 2005
Nam Theun 2: No time for another mistake,
Watershed Vol. 10 No. 1, July – October 2004
Manipulating Consent: The World Bank and public consultation in the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project
Watershed Vol. 10 No. 1, July – October 2004
The World Bank’s International Technical Workshops on Nam Theun 2: Perspectives from civil society
Watershed Vol. 10 No. 1, July – October 2004
An Alternative to Thailand’s Power Development Plan
Watershed Vol. 10 No. 1, July – October 2004
Endangered Elephants of the Nakai Plateau Nam Theun 2 Dam Threatens Large Population of Asian Elephants in Lao PDR
TERRA Press Briefing 25 August 2004
Energy at What Price? Nam Theun 2 Too Costly for Thailand and Lao PDR
TERRA Press Briefing 25 August 2004
Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project, Lao PDR: Project description and summary of main impacts
TERRA Briefing August 2004
The economic and environmental impacts of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project on communities living in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin
TERRA Briefing March 2004
Basic facts and economics: Nam Theun 2
TERRA Briefing 1 February 2000
City Link and Nam Theun 2: Infrastructure for private profit
Watershed Vol. 5 No. 1 July – October 1999
Thai NGOs call on Thai prime minister to reject electricity from Nam Theun 2
Foundation for Ecological Recovery Press Release June 15/1998
Risks and the Nam Theun 2 dam
Watershed Vol. 3 No. 1 July – October 1997
Can building a dam save wildlife?
Watershed Vol. 1 No. 3 March – June 1996 |
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| PHOTOS |
Rally against Nam Theun 2 dam
Bangkok, 14 March 2005 |
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