The Xayaburi Dam is a run-of-river hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Sainyabuli (Xayaburi) town in northern Laos. Commercial operation of the dam started in October 2019.[3][4] The main purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power, 95% of which is to be purchased by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).[5] The project is surrounded in controversy due to complaints from downstream riparians and environmentalists. Preliminary construction began in early-2012, but work on the dam itself was suspended shortly thereafter due to complaints from Cambodia and Vietnam downstream.[6] After making modifications to the dam's design, Laos started construction with a ceremony on 7 November 2012.[7] The Xayaburi Dam is the first of the 11 dams planned on the lower Mekong.[8]
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The XayaburiDam is a run-of-river hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Sainyabuli (Xayaburi) town...
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historically. Locals are blaming low water on the newly constructed XayaburiDam, as it enters its test phase prior to the start of commercial operation...
increase water consumption and storage of water in upstream dams, such as the controversial XayaburiDam in Laos. The drought, along with panic buying by the...
Save Rivers Network. 13 February 2012. Yang, S. K. (9 December 2011). "XayaburiDam Stopped for Now". Asia Sentinel. Archived from the original on 21 March...
additional hydro will be imported from the XayaburiDam in Laos on the Mekong River and from the Hat Gyi and Mong Ton dams in Myanmar. While these sources may...
work on the controversial XayaburiDam on the Mekong River without getting formal approval. Environmentalists say the dam will adversely affect 60 million...
Consultation like dams that cover the entire mainstream such as the XayaburiDam. In June 2014, the government of Laos agreed to have the Don Sahong Hydropower...
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stated that before the upstream dams were built, they could safely drink the Mekong River water. However, after the XayaburiDam in Laos was built, the water...
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throughout the rest of the day. The managing director who oversees the XayaburiDam in Laos, which reflected the volumes discharge from the Mekong River...
capacity of the Nam Theun 2 and less than the total capacity of the XayaburiDam. While this trend of large hydropower projects in Laos is believed by...
Three Gorges Dam are the Baihetan Dam, Itaipu Dam, Xiluodu Dam, Belo Monte Dam, Guri Dam, Wudongde Dam and the Tucurui Dam, rated at 16,000 MW, 14,000 MW...
power produced from the Hongsa plant is exported to Thailand. The Xayaburi run-of-river dam is expected to generate over 7,000 GWh of electricity per year...
Prabang montane rain forests ecoregion. The reservoir of lower Nam Phoun Dam is partly within the Nam Phouy NBCA. Elephant monitoring in the Nam Phouy...
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water temperature. Water released from a dam is typically colder than prevailing temperatures downstream of the dam. This has a direct impact on fish habitats...
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of a main stream dam at Xayaburi in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It was recommended that modifications be made to the dam design and operating...
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