Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin - Wikipedia
WEBCambodia has ruled out developing hydropower on the Mekong mainstream, [19] but multiple dams are planned for construction in Mekong tributary catchments. Cambodia also exports electricity directly from the Don Sahong HPP, a southern Lao dam located on the Mekong mainstream.
What are the impacts of dams on the Mekong river? - Dialogue …
WEBJul 1, 2021 · Hydropower dams have had a dramatic effect on the Mekong river over the last two decades, resulting in unseasonable flooding and droughts, low water levels in the dry season, and drops in the amounts of sediment carried by the river, with drastic consequences for biodiversity and fisheries.
Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of ...
WEB2 days ago · The flooding has heightened public and policymaker scrutiny of plans to build a major hydropower dam spanning the Mekong River at Pak Beng in Oudomxay province in Laos. Experts warn the dam ...
Mekong Mainstream Dams - Stimson Center
WEBJun 23, 2020 · China’s Xiaowan Dam and Nuozhadu Dams are among the largest dams in the world and store about 50% of the active storage (usable water) in the Mekong Basin. 11 more dams are slated for the lower Mekong mainstream in Laos and Cambodia.
Mekong Dam Monitor • Stimson Center
WEBThe Mekong Dam Monitor is an online platform which uses remote sensing, satellite imagery, and GIS analysis to provide near-real time reporting and data downloads across numerous previously unreported indicators in the Mekong Basin.
Chinese Dams Are Wrecking the Mekong River - Foreign Policy
WEBApr 22, 2020 · Eleven massive dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into Vietnam.
Mekong: The last chance to save a mighty river - BBC
WEBIn a bid to cut its reliance on coal, Beijing built 11 hydroelectric dams on the mainstream of the Mekong, which it calls the Lancang, and more than 95 dams on tributaries flowing into the river.
Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It? - National Geographic
WEBDownstream, in Laos and Cambodia, 11 major dams—the first on the main stem of the lower Mekong—are either proposed or already being built. By disrupting fish migration and spawning, the new...
Mekong Dam Monitor at One Year: What Have We Learned?
WEBMar 3, 2022 · The Mekong Dam Monitor’s (MDM) near-real time tracking of dam operations and river flow provides unique insight into the changes that dams have caused to the Mekong River’s natural flow.
As hydropower dams quell the Mekong’s life force, what are the …
WEBMar 29, 2023 · Yet colossal dams are being built to harness the Mekong’s power. To date, more than 160 hydropower dams operate on the river and its tributaries, including 13 on the river’s mainstream, with hundreds more either planned or under construction.
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