Asia Hydropower

The partnership eyes a cumulative capacity of 600 megawatts.

The project is seen to generate almost half of the country’s current output.

Laos has a huge hydropower potential of 23GW.

Its total capacity reached 532GW in 2021.

Around 21GW of the 26GW new installations last year came from China.

Environmental and social opposition, and financial concerns pose challenges to hydropower.