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The Nam Phao Hydropower project is located on the Nam Phao (river) in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR along National Road 8 about 10 km south of the Vietnam border checkpoint.

Nam Phao is pronounced like "Nam Paow".

Nam Phao Hydropower project location image below at coordinates - 18°21'45.4"N 105°08'06.7"E (18.362609, 105.135183):

The Nam Phao (river) originates on the Nakai Plateau and flows south next to Road 8 until it crosses National Road 1E east of Lak Sao town. It then flows eastward until it joins the Nam Kata (river) which joins the Nam Theun (river) that flows into the Nam Kading and eventually into the Mekong River near Pak Kading.

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The project is a small plant of only 1.7 MW capacity and has been operating since 2011 providing power for Lao domestic consumption.

We aren't aware of who the owners and operators of the project are.

On satellite images we can see a small weir dam and pond west of National Road 8. From there we see a water channel taking a water flow down to a penstock and into a powerhouse building. The project is only about 5 km south of the Vietnam border checkpoint.

Nam Phao project operates with a head of 62.5 meters.

The project has two horizontal Francis turbine-generator sets at .85 MW each for total capacity of 1.7 MW

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