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'Not Sufficient': Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam – The Diplomat

‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.
January 26, 2021
The Mekong River at Chiang Khan, where it forms the border between Thailand and Laos.
Credit: Flickr/Frédéric Gloor
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Thailand has reportedly rejected a new technical report on Laos’ Sanakham hydropower project – the latest sign of the growing consternation about the impact of mega-dams on the ecology of the Mekong River basin.
On January 15, the country’s Chinese contractor submitted a revised technical report to the Thai National Mekong River Committee, which sought to address some concerns about the impact of the dam, but according to Radio Free Asia, the Thai government did not accept the revisions. ....

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Thailand Rejects New Technical Report on Planned Large Lao Mekong Mainstream Dam

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Thailand has rejected a new technical report on Laos’ Sanakham dam project, one of nine large-scale Mekong river mainstream dams integral to Vientiane’s controversial economic strategy of becoming the “Battery of Southeast Asia.”
The 684-megawatt Sanakham dam is one of seven dams in various stages of planning. At a cost of about $2 billion, it would take eight years to complete once construction starts in Laos’ northwestern Xayaburi province.
Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources told RFA’s Lao Service on Tuesday that it does not accept the revisions submitted Jan. 15 to the Thai National Mekong River Committee by the Chinese dam developer Datang Corporation Limited. ....

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Thailand Rejects New Technical Report on Large-Scale Lao Mekong Mainstream Dam

Laos says it plans to inspect all existing dams for safety every five years. ....

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