Opinion: Thai investment in Laos hydropower reveals dire disconnect in the Mekong

By Ming Li Yong / the Third Pole. Over the past year, the pace of hydropower development along the mainstream of the Mekong River in Laos has picked up, fuelled by long-term funding agreements. Chinese and Thai hydropower project investors have been signing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which usually cover a 30-year period, with the…
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