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Vietnam’s HydropowerVietnam’s Hydropower

• Electricity Sector • Hydropower • Parts of a Hydroelectric Plant • Problems with Hydro – electric Project • News

Overview OverviewOverview

Electricity Sector

Major supply ; Natural gas, hydropower

Vietnam imports electricity from neighbor :

China ,Laos ,Cambodia

Hydropower

Hydropower (water power)

power derived from the energy of falling water and

running water

Hydropower

Hydro - energy

Hydroelectricity : electricity generated by hydro power

the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water

Largest &Most complex

hydroelectric power

station in Southeast Asia

Started : December 2, 2005

Expected to complete by 2015

Hydropower

Sơn La Dam (US$3.2 billion )

Parts of a Hydroelectric Plant

Mekong river flows through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

Lower Mekong has No dam !

Problems with Hydro – electric Project

Protests

Problems with Hydro – electric Project

Evictions

Homeless people

News

Vietnam scraps a dozen planned hydropower projects ( August 13, 2014)

Photo: Quoc Anh

The surge in hydropower

Flooding

Dam breaks

Earthquakes

Forest loss and ecological destruction

News

News

Investor licenses for Vietnam hydroelectric projects might be revoked

(January 7,2015)

The Asia Pacific Forestry Commission, study by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

damaged ecosystems damaged ecosystems

Cancelling developments

News

Electricity Sector

Hydropower

ConclusionConclusion

Major supply ; Natural gas, hydropower

Water power

Hydro – energy Sơn La Dam

Parts of a Hydroelectric

Plant

Dam Turbine

Reservoir Generator

Transmission lines

ConclusionConclusion Problems with

Hydro – electric Project

Homeless people

Protests

News

Vietnam scraps a dozen planned hydropower projects

Investor licenses for Vietnam hydroelectric projects might be revoked

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