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. It is a planned project (as of 2025).[1] Construction [had earlier, been] scheduled to start in 2022, according to the website of NS Energy.[2]
As of November 2020, Laos [was] 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.[3]
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.[4]
The project is going to be funded by the Chinese company, Datang Overseas Investment.[5]
Lawsuit in Thailand
In 2021, a court of appeal in Thailand rejected an appeal for petition against the dam.[6]
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.[7]
References
- ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3151084/nhrc-notes-risks-of-laos-dam?tbref=hp. Retrieved 2025-12-05
- ↑ 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. Laos moves ahead with third contentious Mekong dam. The Seattle Times (8 November 2016). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ Lovelle, Madeleine. Laos: Pak Beng Dam Project Approved, but at What Cost?. FutureDirections International (8 March 2017). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/pakbeng-02252021145302.html. Retrieved 29 September 2021
- ↑ Rujivanarom, Pratch. State agencies face legal dispute over Pak Beng dam. The Nation (9 June 2017). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
