Xayaburi hydropower project, xayaburi design change, prior consultation process. Xayaburi hydroelectric power project xayaburi power xpcl. Volvo helps build xayaburi hydroelectric power plant in. Hydroelectric power plant runofriver concrete barrage. For the next seven years andritz hydro will deliver the entire electromechanical equipment for anew runofriver power station on the mekong river. An environmental management plan was drawn up collaboratively by the project developers, representatives from the lao pdr, local administrations. The 1,285 mw xayaburi hydroelectric power project in northern laos is one of the largest electricity generating projects on the mainstream of the lower mekong river. Interrelations between the xayaburi project and other projects in the. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project has completed a thorough environmental and social impact assessment conducted by leading consultants with extensive experience in environmental engineering.
When completed in 2019, the xayaburi plant will supply clean energy to thailand and lao pdr. Xayaburi hydroelectric project how the design implement to. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project is managed by xayaburi power company limited, a company registered on 22 june 2010 in lao pdr with its headquarter in the capital vientiane and representative office in bangkok, thailand. Xayaburi hydropower project is located in xayaburi province of lao pdr. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project xayaburi power xpcl. Hydroelectric power plant runofriver concrete barrage installed generating capacity annual production 1,285 mw 7x175 and 1x60 7,370 gwh. Xayaburi a runofriver power station for lao pdr andritz group.
Review of the design changes made for xayaburi hydropower project. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project has the installed generating capacity of 1,285 mw for electricity production of 7,370 gwh per annum. It was a diversion dam on the mekong river to raise the water level on. From the outset, the xayaburi dam was a highly controversial project. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project is a runofriver power plant. Karnchang in laos relies on volvo machines to build the xayaburi hyrdroelectric power plant. Xayaburi feasibility study mekong river commission. This article describes, as a case study for such large kaplan units, the project xayaburi and the design of the environmentalfriendly hydraulic components as well as the model test. Thus the water volume which passes through the project is naturally maintained.
The total outflow of water that goes through the power plant equals the natural inflow of water, and no water is stored or channeled away from the mekong river. Bangkok, thailand, october 24, 2019 ens in five days, the xayaburi hydropower project on the mekong river in northern laos will formally begin operations. The development of the xayaburi hydroelectric power project by storing and regulating its flows for electric generating will inevitably cause significant change in the original surface water. Xayaburi power company limited 215 lanexang avenue, ban xieng yuen, muang chantabouly, vientiane, lao pdr tel. Xayaburi hydroelectric power project lower mekong basin has high potential for water resources and hydropower development mrc study on the mekong mainstream runofriver hydropower in 1994 12 projects from chiang saen saen to tonletonle sap.
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