(February 21, 2004) The public prosecution yesterday filed a suit against the private consortium building the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant in Samut Prakan over contract violations.
World Bank financing Nam Theun 2
(February 18, 2004) World Bank financing for Nam Theun 2 clearly contradicts the Bank’s energy policy advice dispensed to Thailand and other developing countries over the past decade.
Divisive dam likely to go ahead
(February 8, 2004) Mired in controversy for a decade, the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project is likely to get the green light from the World Bank after its executive directors from Washington visit the dam site in Laos this weekend for their final appraisal of the plant.
Nam Theun 2 dam – Fighting corruption World Bank style
(February 1, 2004) Last year, presumably in an attempt to clean up its tarnished image, the World Bank produced a glossy brochure: “10 things you never knew about the World Bank”.
Managing river conflict: a Canadian model
(January 15, 2004) The Mekong River Commission’s new chief should make mobilizing an approach for balancing power production with public demands for improved river health and greater control a top priority in 2004.
Behind the ASEAN Power Grid
(December 19, 2003) Analysis of the Asian Development Bank’s Master Plan for Regional Power Interconnections and Power Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Regional power interconnection and power trade arrangements
(December 1, 2003) An initiative to promote regional power trade in the Greater Mekong, finance the construction of interconnecting transmission lines between various power systems and mobilize private sector investments in power.
Yali Falls: Cambodia appeals to Vietnam
(November 21, 2003) At least 39 people in northwest Cambodia have drowned, along with thousands of livestock, since construction began on the $1.2 billion Yali Falls dam in 1993, reported Probe International.
Thai utility signs electricity deal with Laos dam project.
(November 8, 2003) Thailand’s electricity authority signed an agreement committing itself to buying five billion dollars worth of electricity from the much controversial Nam Theun II hydro-electric power project in Laos.
Cambodia’s plan for decentralised power
(November 1, 2003) Cambodia’s Renewable Electric Action Paln provides a framework for supporting small-scale generation of electricity for local communities.
Behind the Mekong Power Grid
(November 1, 2003) Grainne Ryder reviews the Asian Development Bank’s Regional Indicative Master Plan for Regional Power Interconnections and Power Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Thai EGAT says yet to decide to buy power from Laos
(October 11, 2003) Thailand’s state power producer said on Saturday it had yet to decide whether it would start buying power from Laos in 2009 as planned.
France confirms EdF stays in Laos dam-Lao official
(October 11, 2003) The French government confirmed on Friday that state-owned Electricite de France [EDF.UL] will remain in a controversial $1.1 billion hydropower project in Laos, a Laos embassy official said.
Prospects dim for $1.2bn power project
(October 9, 2003) The future of a US$1.2-billion hydro-electric project in Laos has grown dimmer with the decision by the Electricity Generating Authority of hailand (Egat) to eliminate power purchases from the project from its 15-year development plan.
China to discuss Salween dam project
(October 9, 2003) The Thai and Chinese governments will talk about investment in the Salween dam project during the Apec meeting, said Sitthiporn Rattanopas, governor of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat).
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