Xayaburi hydropower project is located in xayaburi province of lao pdr. An environmental management plan was drawn up collaboratively by the project developers, representatives from the lao pdr, local administrations. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project xayaburi power xpcl. The total outflow of water that goes through the power plant equals the natural inflow of water, and no water is stored or channeled away from the mekong river. The 1,285 mw xayaburi hydroelectric power project in northern laos is one of the largest electricity generating projects on the mainstream of the lower mekong river. This article describes, as a case study for such large kaplan units, the project xayaburi and the design of the environmentalfriendly hydraulic components as well as the model test.
It was a diversion dam on the mekong river to raise the water level on. Hydroelectric power plant runofriver concrete barrage. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project is a runofriver power plant. For the next seven years andritz hydro will deliver the entire electromechanical equipment for anew runofriver power station on the mekong river. Xayaburi hydroelectric power project lower mekong basin has high potential for water resources and hydropower development mrc study on the mekong mainstream runofriver hydropower in 1994 12 projects from chiang saen saen to tonletonle sap. The mrc regional workshop on discharge and sediment monitoring and geomorphological tool for the lower tool. Review of design changes made for the xayaburi hydropower project. Karnchang in laos relies on volvo machines to build the xayaburi hyrdroelectric power plant. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project is managed by xayaburi power company limited, a company registered on 22 june 2010 in lao pdr with its headquarter in the capital vientiane and representative office in bangkok, thailand. Interrelations between the xayaburi project and other projects in the. Hydroelectric power plant runofriver concrete barrage installed generating capacity annual production 1,285 mw 7x175 and 1x60 7,370 gwh. The development of the xayaburi hydroelectric power project by storing and regulating its flows for electric generating will inevitably cause significant change in the original surface water. When completed in 2019, the xayaburi plant will supply clean energy to thailand and lao pdr.
The xayaburi hydroelectric power project has completed a thorough environmental and social impact assessment conducted by leading consultants with extensive experience in environmental engineering. Volvo helps build xayaburi hydroelectric power plant in. Review of the design changes made for xayaburi hydropower project. Xayaburi a runofriver power station for lao pdr andritz group. Xayaburi feasibility study mekong river commission. Xayaburi hydroelectric project how the design implement to. The xayaburi hydroelectric power project has the installed generating capacity of 1,285 mw for electricity production of 7,370 gwh per annum.
Xayaburi power company limited 215 lanexang avenue, ban xieng yuen, muang chantabouly, vientiane, lao pdr tel. From the outset, the xayaburi dam was a highly controversial project. Xayaburi hydropower project, xayaburi design change, prior consultation process. The project comprises 7 turbine generator units of 175 mw each that will generate and transmit power through the 500 kv transmission system to egat, and one 60 mw unit that will distribute power through the 115 kv transmission system for domestic use in. Thus the water volume which passes through the project is naturally maintained. Bangkok, thailand, october 24, 2019 ens in five days, the xayaburi hydropower project on the mekong river in northern laos will formally begin operations.
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