Concerns accounted for in Xayaboury hydropower development, EU told
All concerns have been taken into account in the development of the Xayaboury run-off-river hydropower plant the project developer recently relayed to European Union Ambassador to Laos, Leon Paul Faber. The ambassador, who took office in September last year, and his delegates visited the construction site of the US$4 billion project on Saturday. Fish migration and nutrient sediment float have been a major concern for downstream countries. Concerns have arisen that if sentiments are blocked, it could minimise nutrients for fish in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake and degrade fertilisation in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Deputy Managing Director of Xayaboury Power Company Limited’s Operation and Maintenance, Mr Anuparp Wonglakorn confirmed that almost all nutrient sediment could pass freely through the spillways and turbines.
