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Laos to plough on with third Mekong dam project
Published on 01/07/2020
» Laos is pushing ahead with a hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries over its potential to harm fisheries and farming downstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Wednesday.
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Laos pushes ahead with sixth Mekong River dam project
Published on 12/05/2020
» Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday.
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Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG: On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos' third and largest dam on Southeast Asia's most vital waterway.
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More than 3000 await rescue in Laos dam collapse; 19 dead
Published on 24/07/2018
» Nineteen people died and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos on Monday evening.
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New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.
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Laos moves ahead with plan for third Mekong dam
Published on 08/11/2016
» Laos has notified its Southeast Asian neighbours that it's moving ahead with a third contentious hydro dam on the Mekong River's mainstream.
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Thailand considers buying more power from Laos
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 19/07/2016
» Thailand may buy 9,000 megawatts of electricity from Laos this year to ensure sufficient supply to meet rising demand, says a senior official at the Energy Ministry.
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Energy evolution
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/04/2016
» Growing awareness of the impact of air pollution and global warming have been driving more investments in energy from renewable sources and moving green energy to the top of many government policy agendas.
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Ch. Karnchang eyes Myanmar
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 07/04/2015
» SET-listed Ch. Karnchang Plc (CK), Thailand's second-largest construction firm, is studying infrastructure development opportunities in Myanmar, particularly electricity, dam and highway projects.
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Pump contact let for Xayaburi dam
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/08/2014
» Xylem Inc, the water company whose equipment cleared New York tunnels after Hurricane Sandy in the US, won a customized-pumps contract for a controversial Mekong River hydropower dam under construction that will help provide electricity to 4 million people in Laos and Thailand.
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