Pak Beng Dam
The Pak Beng Dam is a project to build a hydroelectric power plant and a dam on the Mekong river - inside Laos. Construction is scheduled to start in 2022, says website NS Energy.[1]
As of November 2020, Laos is doing evaluations on potential (or possible) impact on the environment; at the same time Laos has [temporarily delayed, or] suspended the project [or other work on the project], media said in January 2021.[2]
Laos "has already begun preparatory work for the 912-megawatt Pak Beng dam in the northern province of Oudomxay, according to an article in Seattle Times in 2016.[3]
The project is going to be funded by the Chinese company, Datang Overseas Investment.[4]
Lawsuit in Thailand
In 2021, a court of appeal in Thailand rejected an appeal for petition against the dam.[5]
Previously, people living in eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River have been suing [since June 2017] state agencies [in Thailand] because they say that there wasn't enough public participation in planning for the Pak Beng hydropower dam, which is being built by Laos.[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/pak-beng-hydropower-project/. Retrieved 29 September 2021
- ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/pakbeng-02252021145302.html. Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 29 September 2021
- ↑ Wright, Stephen (8 November 2016). "Laos moves ahead with third contentious Mekong dam". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ Lovelle, Madeleine (8 March 2017). "Laos: Pak Beng Dam Project Approved, but at What Cost?". FutureDirections International. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/pakbeng-02252021145302.html. Retrieved 29 September 2021
- ↑ Rujivanarom, Pratch (9 June 2017). "State agencies face legal dispute over Pak Beng dam". The Nation. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
