Cambodia to Buy Power From Laos’ Xayaburi Dam
Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at the dam because of environmental and other concerns. The Lao minister, Soulivong Daravong, also denied claims that Vietnam and Cambodia oppose construction of the dam. He insisted that the project will not be shelved. His comments to journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh on September 12 created confusion about the future of the $3.5 billion USD project, the first of 11 planned dams on the Lower Mekong River’s main stream…
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