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This website aims to inform on Nam Nhone Hydropower Project, a 2.8MW project located in northern Laos. With this project, Nam Nhone Hydropower Co. intends to supply the Bokeo province in clean renewable energy. Feel free to contact us for any comment, demand or enquiry regarding NNHPC or the content of this website.
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NNHPC's team at work on Nam Nhone Site, Bokéo province, Laos |
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Small Hydro development Nam Nhone Hydropower Company is a Joint-Venture company established in 2004 in Laos. We are located in Vientiane, the country's capital city. NNHPC’s purpose is to Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT scheme) small and medium size Hydropower Projects, always respecting the highest standards in terms of clean development, and low socio-environmental impacts. Nam Nhone HPP, located in Bokeo province, North-Western Laos, is the company's first project. It is a 2.8MW project which intends to supply 80% of Bokeo province electricity consumption in 2007. It is the first 100% private hydropower project to be carried out in Lao PDR,making of NNHPC the pioneer and leader in small and medium sized hydropower development in Lao PDR.
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Small HPP, an adapted answer to the Developing Countries needs To have a hydropower potential, a given site needs both water and a significant head concentration. Laos counts many sites with both these characteristics, all over its territory.
With an estimated potential of more than 26,000MW over tits whole teritorry, Laos has a great hydropower potential, and is often qualified as the "ASEAN Battery” by observers. Nevertheless, until now, on the private side, only some major projects have been developed (Theun Hinboun, Nam Ngum, Houay Ho) totalizing about 600MW of installed capacity. Small HPPs are well adapted to the local context. They don’t necessitate large transmission line networks , and they can, reliably, and profitably, supply electricity locally. "Nam Nhone HPP is the only solution to supply the province with local electricity" Bokeo province has an isolated grid, only connected to the Thai grid. Nam Nhone is the only solution to supply the province with local electricity, and by the way reduce energy imports, reduce the energy cost, and create a new clean “industry” within the province. Small HPPs are proven to be reliable and profitable sources of energy. China and especially Yunan , the frontier province with Laos, is world most developed region for small HPP as 15% of the country’s electrical energy is provided by them.
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