Lower Sre Pok 2 Dam Explained

Lower Sre Pok 2 Hydropower Dam
Location Map:Cambodia
Country:Cambodia
Location:Tonle Sre Pok
Status:P
Opening:2018[1]
Cost:US$338.9 million[2]
Owner:EVN
Dam Type:Run-of-river
Dam Height:25m (82feet)
Dam Crosses:Sre Pok River
Res Capacity Total:0.42km3[3]
Res Catchment:30620km2
Res Surface:120km2
Plant Capacity:222MW (max. planned)
Plant Annual Gen:1174GWh

The Lower Se San/Sre Pok 2 scheme is a proposed hydroelectric dam to be located in Stung Treng Province, Cambodia on the Tonle Sre Pok some upstream of its confluence with the Se San, and about upstream of the confluence of the combined Sre Pok, Se San and Se Kong rivers with the Mekong mainstream.

Prefeasibility Study, the project aims to construct and operate an installed capacity low head hydroelectric generating facility on the Sre Pok River, generating annually 1060GWh, run-of-river dam, reservoir Main components include construction of a concrete gravity dam, the powerhouse and generating equipment, environmental and social mitigation measures, and the 220-kV transmission line to Stung Treng and onwards to the Vietnamese border to interconnect with the Vietnamese grid backbone.

The scheme has a much smaller reservoir area than the Lower Se San 2 site and consequently a lesser environmental impact. The number of inhabitants in the reservoir area for resettlement is also significantly less. The dam is low in height, but could still have a significant impact on navigation and fish migration, which is a particular concern at all sites in this area. Allowances have been made in the scheme design and cost estimate for mitigation of these impacts, so far as is possible.

Per MIME report to RPTCC-4 meeting (Yangon, Sept. 2005), commissioning of 222 MW Lower Sre Pok HPP will be in 2017.

Impact: Up to 1000 people may rewire resettlement.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Cambodia National Mekong Committee National Sector Review 2003: Hydropower
  2. Se Kong-Se San and Nam Theun river basins hydropower study final report . . 5 . July 1999 . 2012-07-19. PDF.
  3. Environmental Impact Assessment on the Cambodian part of the Srepok River due to hydropower development in Vietnam . SWECO Grøner . 38 . November 2006 . 2012-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515022424/http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/docs/publications/HCRP_Final_Report_Srepok_EIA_061108_e_mail_version%20_2.pdf . 2013-05-15 . dead .
  4. Web site: ADB.org Site Search . 2011-01-18 . 2011-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110827202827/http://ss.adb.org/?cx=003580287232275984586:28nh6wpajf4&q=Pre+Liang+2+hydropower&sa=Search . dead .