Trends of International Rivers

The Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Plant (the “Plant”) had all its units put into commercial operation on October 21, 2018, and the completion and commissioning ceremony for the project took place on December 17, 2018. At the event, Hun Sen, the then Prime Minister of Cambodia, praised the Plant as an exemplary project of energy cooperation between China and Cambodia, and the Cambodian media hailed it as a symbol of Cambodia’s “energy independence”. During the construction of the Plant, a significant milestone was achieved in the form of the largest-scale hydropower resettlement project in Cambodian history, involving the relocation of 840 households and 3,690 people. China Huaneng introduced the management experience of “China's Approach to Poverty Alleviation”, which greatly improved the production and living conditions of residents in the reservoir area and realized the common development of hydropower resettlement and poverty alleviation. After the resettlement villages were built, they were called the “China-Cambodia Friendship Demonstration Villages” by the local media....

Nam Ou River originates from the border mountain striding Jiangcheng County, Yunnan Province and Phongsaly Province, Laos. It is the largest tributary of Mekong River in the north of Laos. It flows through Phongsaly Province and Luang Prabang Province. It has a basin area of 26,079 km2, a river length of 475 km and a natural drop of 430 m. The total installed capacity of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project is 1272 MW, which is developed in two phases...

Delsi-Tanisagua Hydroelectric Power Project (hereinafter referred to as the Project) is located on the Zamora River in Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, in South America. The drainage area controlled by the dam site is 1,112 km2 and the average annual discharge is 47.3 m3/s. The Project is developed primarily for power generation...

Bakun Hydroelectric Power Project (hereinafter referred to as the Project) is located on the Balui River, a tributary of the Rajang River in central Sarawak, Malaysia, 180 km away from Bintulu the port city. The Project is with a total installed capacity of 8×300 MW, firm output of 1,771 MW, annual energy output of 15.52 billion kW·h, maximum normal operating water level of 228 m, maximum probable flood level of 232.80 m, maximum flood discharge for spillway of 14,580 m3/s and total reservoir capacity of 44 billion m3...

Leakage has become one of the most common diseases among a large number of reservoirs and dams. Leakage not only affects the power generation, water supply and irrigation efficiency of the reservoirs, but even directly threatens the safety of the project. Effective and accurate detection of leakage is an important prerequisite for dam safety evaluation and reinforcement treatment...