Company Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 1- Vietnam
Company profile Not found
Registration investment capital USD 816.23 million
Company registration date Not found
Company registration code Not found
Director Mr. Lam Du Son (Vice-president)
Director residence Vietnam
Company address Vietnam
Status of the EIA reports Feasible study of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
State agency Ministry of Mine and Energy
Site The Lower Sesan 2 hydro-electric power project is located on the Sesan river in four communes in the Sesan district. It is approximately 1.5km downstream of the Sesan and Srepok rivers, and about 25km upstream of Stung Treng province.
Village Not found
Commune Pluk
Srekor
Talat
Kbal Romeas
District Sesan
Province Stung Treng
Contract duration 35
Size in Hectare The reservoir with storage capacity of 1.79 billion cubic meters and flooded area of 335 square Km when the water level in the reservoir reaches 75m.
Type of concession Big scale hydropower plant
EIA company Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company
Backgrounds of EIA company Nof found
Address of EIAs company Km9+200, Nguyen Trai, Thanh xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: (84) 042148006, Fax: (84) 048541208
Relevants law Constitution, Law on environmental protection and natural resources managment, Royal decree on natural protected areas, Sub-decree on environmental impact assessment process, Sub-decree on water pollution control, Sub-decree on solid waste management, Land law, Forestry law, Law of water resources management, National water resources policy, Mekong agreement and procedural rules,
Revenues and expenditures Not found
Social alnd environmental impacts The project will provide a sustainable power supply, construct new access roads to the project site, provide job to Cambodian workers, rehabilitate infrastructures roads, culverts, bridges, and other infrastructure to increase the potential value of the ecotourism. The project will create income for the local and national people due to the provision of a job in the construction and operation stages. The output through an annual energy production of 1953.9 GWh will give a positive impact on the economic development of Cambodia.
Employment opportunity The project will need a workforce of 1300 people during the four years of the construction period.
Public participation The public was consulted three times about the dam proposal during the preparation of the EIA. The first time was a public meeting with the 5 most affected communes held by KCC in early February 2008. The second time was held by PECC during April 2008, and the third consultant was on May 2008 with the representative of the government, NGOs, private sector and community.
Land converted from The dam will cause a flood of 335 square kilometers, including 40-60 cubic meters of inundations across the Sesan and Srepok riverside, and floods four villages and partially floods in three villages.
Environmental management plan The environmental management plan consists of institutional arrangements, a summary of mitigation measures, and monitoring programs. The mitigation measure and monitoring programs will include the frequency schedule institution and budget.
Development plan Not found
Mitigation strategies The study team used the environmental checklist in the EIA guideline of ADB 2003 for Hydropower projects. The mitigation measures for each impact are designed to reduce the impacts as much as possible. Each environmental impact is described followed by recommended mitigation measures for the different project phases: pre-construction, construction, and operation.
Environmental and social funds Not found
EIA publication year 2008

Reference documents

[Draft] Environmental impact assessment for feasibility study of Lower Sesan 2 hydropower project, Stung Treng province, Cambodia
The project will have an installed capacity of 400 MW to supply electricity to the surrounding provinces as well as for export to Vietnam. The project is Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) type and the investment cost is USD 816.23 million. The main dam length is 8km with crest 83m above the sea level and about 40m above the river. There are 5 turbine units with a capacity of 80MW each.