News in SHP

Cambodia rehabilitates Kirirom
The China Electric Power Technology Import & Export Corporation (CETIC) has signed a USS 26M contract with Cambodia's Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) to rehabilitate the Kirirom 1hydro project.
The 10MW plant which lies 110km southwest of Phnom Penh, was originally commissioned in 1968. However, it was abandoned in 1972 when the plant and its transmission line was damaged by warfare, denying power to Cambodia's capital city.
CETIC will be re-building one of three earthfill dams that were breached at that time, and will also install two new turbines and re-erect the 110kV transmission line. Work is expected to begin in mid 2001 and be completed by early 2003.
The contract signals the effective rebirth of Cambodia's state power sector. MIME oversees Electricite do Cambodia, which will soon be governed by a brand new electricity law and regulated by the Energy Authority of Cambodia.
Other hydro projects in the pipe-line are Prek Thnot, Stund Kamchay, Stung Mnam 2 and the Stund Atay diversion.

China expreses interest in philippine hydro
MEMBERS OF A CHINESE trade mission which visited the Philippines in December 2000 have said they are prepared to invest up to US$19M in the Philippines' energy sector, and are particularly interested in hydro power projects.
In a meeting with the National Power Corporation (Napocor) the mission, headed by vice minister Chen Xiahun of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economy, expressed an interest in hydro power projects, especially in Northern Luzon. Chen said that the mission is also interested in establishing small thermal power stations and mini hydro projects.
Napocor's president, Frederico Puno, told reporters that his company is interested in China's expertise in developing hydro power plants. He said that China has particularly expertise when starting new hydro power in harsh or geographically re-mote settings.
Source:INTERNATIONAL WATER
POWER & DAM CONSTRUCTION,
FEBRUARY, 2001

Test on the 30kW Vibrating Wave-power Station Accepted in China
To meet the demand of island residents on the electric power for their daily lives, a 30kW vibrating wavepower station, designed and built by the Oceanic Technology Research Institute of China National Bureau of Ocean, is presently conducted with test in Jimo cityof Shangdongprovince, and accepted by China National Bureau of Ocean and China's Academy of Science. This project is one of the key sc entitle& technological items during the national 9~ "Five-year Plan" period, and the design and construction of this station embodies very important meanings to the economic development of islands, utilization of island resources and the consmtcfion of national defense, which symbolizes that China has already achieved the advanced international- standard technology in the vibrating wave-power generation.

Hydro plants could ~ fight Laos floods
CHINA IS PROPOSING THAT Laos contributes to the cost of damming the upper Mekong river, as the project could help relieve annual floods which devastate Laos.
Each year the Mekong river bursts its banks with greater force than the year before, but flooding could be relieved by the 300m high Xiaowan dam planned for China's Yunnan province. China is asking for Laos to help finance the project, but David Jezeph, chief of Water and Mineral Resources at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific said that countries in the lower Mekong basin are concerned that China could exert too much power over water re-sources.

Cascade 1 Hydropower Statuin Implemented on Woka River in Tibet of China
On October 12,2000 the repre-sentatives from all sides formally signed at the acceptance test for implementing cascade 1 hydro-power station on Woka River in Ti- bet, which marks that the second largest one of China's national 62 assist- ing-Tibet projects is fully succeeded.
This station is a low-head di-version one, over 3,600m above sea level, with the installed capacity of 20MW. The effective generation amounts to 73GWh, and the investment totals RMB849.69 million. On September 10, 1999 the first batch of units started for generation, and in that October this station was put into trial operation, which was highly qualified. After the consiruction of this project, it provides urgently electric power to the power system in Laze prefecture of Tibet, and plays a significant role in promoting the local economy in Tibet.