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Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project
power
Cities
Nam Ngum 3
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Cost
$1.3b
$1,290,000,000
Phases
underConstruction,
Objective
Description
Construction of a 480 MW hydropower complex centred on a 210 m concrete-face rockfill dam on the Nam Ngum River, with three 160 MW generating units and associated tunnels and grid connections. The project is among Laos’s largest Chinese-financed hydropower investments.History
The original international sponsor consortium formed in 2009, but EDL later took control. China Eximbank signed the USD 1.161 billion loan in 2015 and construction began in November 2015. Delays pushed operation far beyond the original 2022 target.Capacities
480
MW
Electricity
Finance
$1161000000 loan
Exim Bank of China
Development bank
Contractors
Sinohydro
Company