Thailand Rejects New Technical Report on Large-Scale Lao Mekong Mainstream Dam
Thailand has rejected a new technical report on Laos’ Sanakham dam project, one of nine large-scale Mekong River mainstream dams integral to Vientiane’s controversial economic strategy of becoming the “Battery of Southeast Asia.”
The 684-megawatt Sanakham dam is one of seven future dams in various stages of planning. At a cost of about U.S. $2 billion, it would take eight years to complete once construction starts in Laos’ northwestern Xayaburi province.
