The dam, able to produce 920 megawatts of electricity, hopes to sell 95% of its supply to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). Cross-border impacts of the proposed dam are ...

ALBAWABA - In Laos, near the historic town of Luang Prabang, a large dam is being constructed on the Mekong river. Critics are concerned that this $3 billion hydroelectric project will change the ...

VIENTIANE: Former Electricite du Laos (EDL) officials and four contractor ... signed by the developer stated that construction of the dam would start in 2013 and finish in 2016, but the project ...

In a new report, the World Wildlife Fund claims that dam developments, often hailed as an economic boon, could end up weighing down economic growth. The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led ...

VietNamNet Bridge - The hydropower dam collapse in Laos should be seen as a valuable lesson about dam safety, according to Dao Trong Tu from the Vietnam River Network. Rescuers are racing to find ...

ThailandThe hunger for electricity in Thailand is driving dam construction on the lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia. Bangkok’s CentralWorld complex houses some 500 shops, a hotel, and an ice ...

A Chinese state-owned company is suing the national power utility of Laos for $555 million in unpaid fees from a hydropower project, according to an arbitration filing reviewed by Reuters.

Europe’s Pöyry Energy and its controversial role as Xayaburi dam consultant have been challenged under new OECD CSR rules. Laos has just gone deeper into debt with a U.S. $5 billion loan to ...