Xayaburi plant kicks into gearThe 130-billion-baht Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant in Laos is expected to run at full capacity of 1,285 megawatts by the end of this month. (Photo by Patipat Janthong)SET-listed CK Power Plc (CKP) expects to commence full operation of the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant this month as planned. Beginning construction in 2012, the Xayaburi power plant is the first mega run-of-river power plant on the lower Mekong basin that has invested substantially in mitigating the environmental and social impact of sediment flushing and fish-passing facilities. "The Xayaburi plant is flexible and adaptive when it comes to generating electricity from various levels of flow in different seasons on the Mekong River," he said. CKP is engaged in 13 projects with total installed capacity of 2,167MW, consisting of two hydroelectric power projects in Laos -- the 615MW Nam Ngum 2 hydroelectric power plant and the Xayaburi project.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2019 21:45 UTC