Namngiep1 Power Company

Nam Ngiep 1 is a 290-megawatt hydropower project under construction in Bolikhamxay and Xaysomboun provinces of the Lao PDR. The project is being built and will be operated by the Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company, whose goal is to build a socially and environmentally responsible power project that will provide clean renewable electricity and contribute to poverty reduction in Laos. Two dams and power stations are under construction along the Ngiep River in Bolikhamxay. The main 167-metre-high dam will create a water storage reservoir covering a 67-km2 area extending into Xaysomboun province. At the main dam site, a primary power station will generate around 272 MW of electricity for export to Thailand and will release water to a regulating pond where a second dam and power station will generate around 18 MW of electricity for local use.