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Nam Lik 2 hydropower project below is also known as Nam Lik 1-2. See our other web page for Nam Lik 1.

Nam Lik is pronounced like "Nam Leak".

Nam Lik 2 Dam images below:

Nam Lik 2 Hydropower Project is located on the Nam Lik river about 50 km upstream from the Nam Lik Bridges on National Road 13 at Ban HinHeup. The project was developed by Nam Lik 1-2 Power Company Limited.

Nam Lik 2 Hydropower Project was established as a joint venture between China Water & Energy, Ltd. holding 90 percent and EDL holding 10 percent. The project operates under a 25-year build-own-operate-transfer concession. The project was licensed in 2007, commissioned in July 2010 and achieved commercial operation in August 2011. All the power generated from the Project is supplied to EDL in accordance with a Take-or-Pay Commitment for a period of 25 years for domestic consumption.

Financing for the project was expected to come from China Exim Bank or a Chinese government financial institution.

The dam is located in Mueng Fueng District of Vientiane Province and the river flows downstream through the Hin Heup district where it joins the Nam Song.

The project includes a dam, reservoir, diversion system, powerhouse and transmission system. The installed capacity of the project is 100 MW with annual power generation capacity of 435 GWh. The project is equipped with two 50 MW Francis turbines coupled with 58 MVA generators that have a predicted lifespan of 25 years.

Nam Lik 2 dam site images below at coordinates : 18°47'31.2"N 102°07'08.4"E (18.792, 102.119).

Nam Lik 2 power plant image below:

The main structures of the project are: a reinforced concrete-faced rockfill dam; spillway; flood release tunnel; headrace tunnel; powerhouse; switchyard (located on the top of the powerhouse) and a saddle dam. 

Nam Lik 2 control room image below:

Nam Lik 1-2 controls image below:

The power generated by the two generators will be supplied to Ban Don substation and Hin heup substations through 115kV transmission lines for distribution in the Laos Power Grid.

Nam Lik 2 scene image below looking downriver from the dam.

Nam Lik 2 intake structure image below.

Technical information for the Nam Lik 2 Hydropower Project below:

Nam Lik 2 generator images below:

Nam Lik area scene images below:

Nam Lik 1-2 administration buildings below:

Nam Lik 2 project shown as Nam Lik 1/2 on left side of basin map below:

Nam Lik 2 Dam location shown on far left side of map below:

The Nam Lik 2 hydropower project has qualified as a greenhouse-gas-reducing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project under the Kyoto Protocol and has a 7-year renewable crediting period. Estimated CO2 emission reductions during this crediting period are 207,512 tons per year.

Click HERE to view/download CDM application PDF file.