Nam Thea Dam Hydropower

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Nam Thea (also spelled The or Thae) Dam hydropower project is located near Ban Nam Thea in Kham District, Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR.

Image below shows view of the project from the upper penstock looking northeast. Muang Kham town might be in the far background at the top of the image.

The 24.6 megawatt project can produce 119.2 GWh annual output. The project began construction in August 2019, was completed in early 2021 and is now operating and producing output.

The project has a water catchment area of 500 square kilometers and a small reservoir.

Lao-based Nong Hai Group is the investor and contractor for the project.

The project has a reinforced concrete dam with drainage gate. There are 3 Francis horizontal turbines at 8.2 MW capacity each for 24.6 MW total.

The powerhouse shown below is in Kham District at coordinates - 19°35'43.4"N 103°34'35.1"E (19.595381, 103.576411)

Our best guess is that the Nam Thea Dam site is shown in the image below and located at - 19°33'21.9"N 103°32'22.9"E (19.556087, 103.539681)

But it is also possible that the Nam Thea dam site is in image below at coordinates - 19°36'32.3"N 103°33'36.6"E (19.608972, 103.560167). This image below may just be an irrigation weir and have no connection with the hydropower project.