Tad Salen Dam Hydropower Info

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Tad Salen HPP is sometimes also called Tad Salan or Tad Saloun

Tad Salen Hydropower Project is in easternmost Savannakhet province, Lao PDR near the Laos-Vietnam border with powerhouse at coordinates 16°44'21.6"N 106°29'07.5"E (16.739338, 106.485420) as seen in image below.

The site is located on Xe Salen (Saloun) river, a small tributary of Xe Samou (river), which is a tributary of the Xe Bang Hieng (river).

Penstock view below.

Tad Salen Dam weir in images below:

The hydropower project is a run-of-river type with installed capacity of 3.2 MW and 17 GWh annual output capacity.

The project was developed by Tad Salen Power Co., Ltd. which has offices in Vientiane, Laos,

The project is an investment of SCI Electric Public Company Limited (Thai company). Seems a little unusual for a Thai project in Laos to be close to the Vietnam border and sell its output for Lao domestic use and not export anything to Thailand.

The Company’s subsidiary signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Electricite du Laos (EDL) in 2008.

Dam construction began in 2010 and was completed in 2012.

The project operates under a concession period of 30 years that started in 2012.

Tad Salen Dam powerhouse and penstock in images below:

Tad Salen Dam site images below:

Tad Salen weir/dam located at coordinates 16°44'12.0"N 106°29'30.0"E (16.736667, 106.491667) and powerhouse at 16°44'21.6"N 106°29'07.5"E (16.739338, 106.485420) in images below: