Stung Battambang 1 Dam Explained

Stung Battambang 1 Hydropower Dam
Name Official:Stung Battambang 1 Hydropower Dam
Dam Crosses:Battambang River
Location:East of Pailin District, Battambang Province, Cambodia
Dam Type:Earth core rockfill dam
Dam Height:38m (125feet)
Opening:2014
Owner:Unknown Korean company
Res Name:Stung Battambang 1 Hydropower Dam Reservoir
Res Catchment:45km2
Plant Capacity:24MW
Plant Annual Gen:120GWh

The Stung Battambang 1 (or Battambang 1) is a dam planned for construction on the Battambang River in Cambodia. The river is a major tributary of the Tonlé Sap. Of the two dams planned for this river, the larger is the Stung Battambang 1. A letter of commitment has been issued by the Cambodian authorities for a pre-feasibility study of the dam by an unknown Korean company[1]

Surrounding the dam site is the Bannan Irrigation project, covering some, and the dam is understood to play a role in the irrigation of this area, as well as generating hydropower.[2] There is little data available about reservoir size or number of people who will be displaced. The dam is one of three possible dams in the Battambang River basin; the other two would block two tributaries to the Battambang River: the Mongkol Borey River and the Sangker River.

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  1. Web site: Sereyvuth . Thung . Hydropower Development in Cambodia. Paper presented at the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Consultation to provide recommendations on the formulation and improved understanding of the MRC Hydropower Programme, 25–27 September 2008, Vientiane, Lao PDR.. 2011-01-21.
  2. Hori, H., 2000. The Mekong: Environment and Development. Tokyo, United Nations University Press.