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    Hydropower Dams

    A subset of data containing known operational and planned hydropower dams in the Greater Mekong Subregion, for Cambodia, compiled by International Rivers and published in June 2014. Dams data are compiled from various sources, including: the Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Challenge Program on Water and Food - Mekong (for Mekong Basin dams only), the United States National Inventory of Dams (NID), other government dam inventories, and original data collection by International Rivers.

    Open Development Cambodia (ODC) | https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/hydropower-dams/ Created date: 8 Jul 2020
    Station name Lower Sesan II
    Project purpose Hydropower dam
    Investor Royal Group, China’s Hydrolancang International Energy, EVN International Joint Stock Company (EVNI)
    Country Not found
    Power generation capacity (MW) 400
    Energy generated per year (GWh) 1,998
    Year of scheduled commencement 2,016
    Commune Sre Kor
    District Sesan
    Province Stung Treng
    Scale of Dam Large scale
    Status Under construction
    Detail status [March 2014] Construction began
    [2009-2011] MOU was signed
    EIA date Dec 2009
    Oct 2008
    EIA status Not found

    Reference documents

    Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam: Brief
    Lower Sesan II hydropower project
    		 The Lower Sesan 2 (LS2) hydropower project​ has installed capacity of 400MW, with a height of 75 meters and length of 6 kilometers. It will be implemented in Sesan district, Stung Treng province. Despite the environmental impact assessment (EIA) falling to meet international best practice, Cambodia's cabinet approved the project in late 2012. With the total estimated cost of US$ 781 million, most of which was allegedly reported from China's bank loans, the project is running under 40-years "built-operate-transfer"(BOT) concessional contract.
    Development of energy sector in Cambodia
    		 The presentation slides draw a general picture of Cambodia's energy sector and its development plan. Sources of the energy come from hydropower, coal, natural gas, crude oil and imported electricity. By 2030, at least 70% of residence across the country will have an access to electricity.
    Progress of Cambodia Power Development Plans & Transmission Interconnection Projects
    		 This presentation is prepared by Electricité du Cambodge​ (EDC). It focused on Current Development of Power Sector and Outlook of Power Development Plan.
    Progress of Cambodia power development plans and transmission interconnection projects
    		 The presentation slides were prepared for the 8th Meeting of the Focal Group (FG-8) of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), on 26 November 2009, at Luangprabang of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The current development of Cambodia's power sector, and outlook of power development plan are making integral parts of the presentation.
    Presentation on small hydropower for developing countries: Cambodia
    		 This brief presentation introduces with the objectives of energy policy, which has established since October 1994, followed by a list of maps of potential macro and micro hydropower projects in Cambodia. In conclusion part, an acknowledgement of a lacking technical capacity among responsible staffs of the hydro electricity department was stated, thus the department is in need of assistance to improve on the fields.
    Concession Bibliography
    		 This bibliography provided full list of documents about studies on economic land concession, the push and full factors of myth of development in Cambodia, rural livelihood and social development issues addressed in various sources. Furthermore, legal framework: sub-decree, law, directive and policy related to land issues and social development. The documents were gathered from government ministries (ministry of Economic & Finance; Ministry of Land Management, NGOs Forum on Cambodia. In addition, several case study and general information at both regional and international on mining concession in Cambodia were also available. The above information were available at NGOs Forum on Cambodia website which compiled by the Land and Livelihoods Programme.
    Concession bibliography
    		 The concession biography is compiled by the land and livelihood program of NGO Forum on Cambodia. A list of the publications and laws extends over various issues of (economic land/mining) concessions and its impact on the people livelihood, land conflict, land grabs, and the regional trends in South East Asia.
    Concession Bibliography
    		 A webpage showing list showing report of case studies on various concessions or land related investment issues.