Na Hang Dam Explained

Na Hang Dam
Name Official:Đập Na Hang
Location Map:Vietnam
Coordinates:22.36°N 105.3986°W
Country:Vietnam
Location:Tuyên Quang Province
Status:O
Construction Began:2002
Opening:2008
Dam Type:Rock-fill
Dam Height:92m (302feet)
Dam Length:718m (2,356feet)
Dam Crosses:Gâm River
Res Capacity Total:2.3km3
Plant Turbines:3 X 114 MW Francis-type
Plant Capacity:342 MW
Plant Annual Gen:1,200 GWh

The Na Hang Dam (also known as Tuyên Quang Dam) is a hydroelectric dam on the Gâm River near Pác Tạ Mountain in Tuyên Quang Province, Vietnam.

Construction began on December 22, 2002, and the first unit was commissioned in March 2008 followed by the two other units by end of 2008. The power plant has a capacity of 342 MW (the second largest in the north), and has an energy generating potential of 1,200 GWh per year.[1] The project's estimated approved cost was US$490 million. The project, as built, has a 92m (302feet) rock fill dam and 718m (2,356feet) long (crest length), called the Na Hang Dam. It has a gross storage capacity of 2.3e9m3 (including 1e9m3 of flood storage) on the Gâm River.[2]

Construction of the dam inundated five communes involving about 4,000 households from an area of almost 8,000 hectares. Tay and Dao indigenous peoples were the majority in the Na Hang district when the dam was constructed. There are human rights concerns about missing compensation for relocation, with claims that infrastructure to support resettlement sites as agreed has been neglected by provincial authorities.[3]

The local government has tried to take advantage of the Na Hang District hydroelectric project for tourism.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Vietnam. 2010-08-31. Industcards. dead. http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090719031413/http://www.industcards.com/hydro%2Dvietnam.htm. 2009-07-19.
  2. Web site: Vietnam connects new hydroelectric plant. 2010-06-25. Asia Clean Tech. 2008-02-27.
  3. Web site: NA HANG, TUYEN QUANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM in Indigenous Women in Southeast Asia: Challenges in their Access to Justice. March 2013.
  4. vietnamplus.vn Phát huy thế mạnh du lịch ở hồ thủy điện Na Hang (Taking advantage of tourism in Na Hang hydroelectric)