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

  1. ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3151084/nhrc-notes-risks-of-laos-dam?tbref=hp. Retrieved 2025-12-05
  2. ↑ https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/pak-beng-hydropower-project/. Retrieved 29 September 2021
  3. ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/pakbeng-02252021145302.html. Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 29 September 2021
  4. ↑ Wright, Stephen (8 November 2016). "Laos moves ahead with third contentious Mekong dam". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Lovelle, Madeleine (8 March 2017). "Laos: Pak Beng Dam Project Approved, but at What Cost?". FutureDirections International. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/pakbeng-02252021145302.html. Retrieved 29 September 2021
  7. ↑ Rujivanarom, Pratch (9 June 2017). "State agencies face legal dispute over Pak Beng dam". The Nation. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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