Lai Châu Dam

Coordinates: 22°8′22″N 102°59′7″E / 22.13944°N 102.98528°E / 22.13944; 102.98528
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Lai Châu Dam
Annual generation
4,670 GWh/yr

The Lai Châu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the

Lai Châu Province, Vietnam. The owner of the power station is Vietnam Electricity.[1]

Dam was designed by Hydroproject, a Russian hydrotechnical design firm,[2] in collaboration with the Vietnamese company Power Construction No.1 JSC.[1] The ground clearance works and relocation of people was completed by September 2010.[3] Construction started on 5 January 2011; it was expected to be operational by 2017 with the first turbine put into operation in 2016,[4][5] but the plant was inaugurated on 20 December 2016, one year ahead of the schedule, in a ceremony attended by the Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng and other important personalities.[1]

The power station has three

Da river. It is connected with the Hòa Bình Dam completed in 1994, and the Sơn La Dam, inaugurated in 2012. The Lai Châu hydropower projects cost VND 35,700 billion.[1]

External links

  • "Lai Châu Dam".
    Wikimapia
    . Retrieved 2016-05-11.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Inauguration of Lai Châu hydropower project". EVNICT. EVN. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. ^ Закончена разработка технического проекта гидроузла Лай Чау во Вьетнаме (Press release) (in Russian). RusHydro. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  3. ^ "First phase of Lai Chau hydropower plant completed". Kinh Te Vietnam & The Gioi. Intellasia News Services. 2010-10-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  4. ^ a b "Construction on Lai Chau hydropower plant to be started". Kinh Te Vietnam & The Gioi. Intellasia News Services. 2010-12-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  5. ^ a b "Work on Vietnam's third largest hydropower plant begins". Thanh Nien. Intellasia News Services. 2011-01-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  6. ^ a b "Alstom, Hydrochina secure major Vietnam hydro power deal".
    PennWell Corporation
    . 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  7. ^ "Alstom to make equipment for Lai Chau hydropower plant". Saigon Times Daily. Intellasia News Services. 2013-01-15. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-15.