Laos has expected to operate 100 hydropower plants with combined installed generation capacity of 28,000 MW and annual power output of about 77,000 million KWh by 2020.
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When will they learn? More power plant waste threatens Vietnam’s marine reserve
A Chinese plant has already been given permission to dump a million cubic meters of mud in the area.
Electricity prices to be cut for big industry
Electricite du Cambodge has announced a price cut for large enterprises with a capacity exceeding one megawatt.
Extracting extra 1 million tonnes oil tough: Association
The Government’s goal to extract another one million tonnes of crude oil by December to meet its economic growth target is challenging, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) said.
Deepening World Bank and AIIB cooperation: Locking in a failed development model?
Civil society fears that the AIIB, far from providing developing countries a different development and financing paradigm, is on its way to supporting existing development models that do nothing to assist developing countries.
Report Launch: Mekong Power Shift: Emerging Trends in the GMS Power Sector
Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia team will launch their latest report on July 6 in Phnom Penh.
Chinese encouraged to invest more
“Cambodia will not create technical barriers for imported products from China to Cambodia,” Commerce Ministry Chhoun Dara said.
Powerful politicians ‘threatening’ power plant opponents
Local people are being threatened by the local powerful politicians in the bid to protest the waste-to-power plant projects across the country, while academics stress that construction of the plant in the right location will prevent conflict in the first place.
Concerns as Vietnam allows coal-fired power plant to dump waste near protected waters
Nearly one million of cubic meters of ‘organic’ mud will be dumped near a marine reserve.
Fishing Communities Voice Concerns Over Laos Dam as Consultation Ends
The $2.3 billion project will be located about 1,500 kilometers from the Cambodia-Laos border and is expected to be completed in 2024.