08 03 2009 : :
Dam Locations and Status
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The Mekong River is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos and
Thailand are planning eleven big hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s
mainstream. If built, the dams would block major fish migrations and
disrupt this vitally important river, placing at risk millions of
people who depend upon the Mekong for their food security and income.
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| Project |
Province/ Country |
Status |
Developer |
Power / Inundated Area |
| Pak Beng |
Oudomxay, Lao PDR |
MoU signed 29.8.07 |
Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd.(China-Hong Kong) |
1230 MW / 110 km2 |
| Luang Prabang |
Luang Prabang, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 14/10/2007 |
PetroVietnam Power Corporation (Viet Nam) |
1410 MW / 110 km2 |
| Xayaboury |
Xayaboury, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 04/05/2007
PDA signed 25/11/2008
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Ch.Kanchang & PT (Thailand) |
1260 MW / 30 km2 |
| Pak Lay |
Xayaboury, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 11/06/2007 |
CIEC & Sinohydro(China) |
1320 MW / 110 km2 |
| Sanakham |
Vientiane, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 11/12/2007 |
Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd. (China-Hong Kong) |
570 MW / unknown |
| Pak Chom |
Vientiane, Lao PDR and Loei, Thailand |
unknown |
*Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, MoE, Thailand (Thailand) |
1079 MW / 80 km2 |
| Ban Khoum |
Champassak, Lao PDR and Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand |
MOU signed 25/03/2008 |
Italian-Thai Development PLC & Asia Corp, Holdings Limited. (Italy-Thailand) |
2000 MW / 158 km2 |
| Lat Sua |
Champassak, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 02/04/2008 |
Charoen Energy and Water Asia Co. Ltd.(Thailand) |
800 MW / unknown |
| Don Sahong |
Champassak, Lao PDR |
MOU signed 23/3/2006
PDA signed 13/02/2008
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Mega First Corporation Berhad (Malaysia) |
360 MW / 1.6 km2 |
| Stung Treng |
Stung Treng, Cambodia |
unknown |
Unnamed Russian developer |
980 MW / 640 km2 |
| Sambor |
Kratie, Cambodia |
MoU signed October 2006 |
China Southern Power Grid Company (China) |
2600 MW / 880 km2 |
Reports, Briefings and Websites
- Visit International Rivers Mekong Mainstream Dams webpage
- Visit Living Rivers Siam Lower Mekong Dams webpage
- Visit Mekong Watch's Mekong Mainstream Dams webpage
- Visit Oxfam Australia's Mekong Mainstream Dams webpage
- Visit TERRA’s Lower Mekong Mainstream Dams webpage
- Visit International Rivers Sambor Dam webpage
- Visit International Rivers Don Sahong Dam webpage
- Visit International Rivers China Southern Power Grid Company webpage
- Visit International Rivers Sinohydro webpage
- Mainstream Dams: An Engineers Dream, a Fishers Curse. By Gary Lee. Watershed, Vol. 12 No. 3,
November 2008
- Letter sent to China Souther Power Grid about Sambor Dam by International Rivers, Burma Rivers Network, and Rivers Coalition of Cambodia, April 2008 [English] [Chinese]
- Don Sahong Dam Fact Sheet, International Rivers and Rivers Coalition of Cambodia, September 2008 [English] [Khmer] [Thai]
- Cambodia’s Hydropower Development and China’s Involvement, International Rivers and the Rivers Coalition of Cambodia, January 2008. English with Khmer Executive Summary
- The Don Sahong Dam and Mekong Fisheries, 2007, World Fish Center [English] [ Khmer] [Lao]
- Don Sahong dam, Khone Falls, southern Lao PDR TERRA Briefing October 2007
- Background to the Mekong mainstream dams TERRA September 2007
- Sambor dam, Kratie province, Cambodia TERRA Briefing September 2007
- Xayabouri and Pak Lay dams, Xayabouri province, Lao PDR TERRA Briefing August 2007
- Mainstream Dams Threaten the Mother of all Rivers, by Shannon Lawrence and Carl Middleton, World Rivers Review (Vol 22, No 2), June 2007
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