Theun-Hinboun Power Company, Lao PDR

New Bridge to Konglor Cave

THPC shareholders GMS International and SN Power are funding a new US$800,000 bridge over the Nam Hai in Khounkham province to help local people and businesses, particularly those dependent on the tourism trade centred around the spectacular Konglor Cave on the Hinboun River.

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Govt Award for Expansion Project

The Lao Government has awarded its Labour Medal to THPC in acknowledgement of the contribution made to national development by the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project. The project has enabled THPC to greatly increase both electricity generation and payments to the Lao state.

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Making a Difference

THPC works on a range initiatives with individuals, communities and partners to improve life for people in the project area. The Community-Led Total Sanitation idea was piloted in the village of Nongxong and has achieved tangible results in improving people's understanding and behaviour in essential health matters.

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Villagers Gain Land Security

More than 2,500 families living in the Theun-Hinboun project area have received full land titles for their houses and gardens. THPC has worked with district authorities in Khammouane and Bolikhamxay to survey and issue residential plots for all households that moved to 13 resettlement and relocation villages built by THPC. The titling program was among the largest ever land registration drives in Laos, giving security to every family and increasing the value of their houses and land plots.

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Lao Power

With its mountains, forests and rivers, Laos has huge potential for hydropower. Following years of war and isolation in the twentieth century, Laos is now realising this potential and is using hydropower to help drive its development.

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Welcome to THPC

A guiding model for sustainable hydropower in the Lao PDR

THPC operates the Theun-Hinboun hydropower plant in Bolikhamxay and Khammouane provinces of Laos. An extension to the original power project was completed in 2012 and inaugurated in January 2013.

An independent power producer supplying electricity to Thailand and Laos, THPC is a public-private partnership, owned by a Lao public company together with investors from Thailand and Scandinavia.

THPC is committed to contributing to economic and social development in Laos while preserving the environment. Operations are designed to conform to the laws and regulations of the Lao PDR, and to meet at minimum the standards of the Equator Principles and Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policies.

Since its inception, THPC has made a major contribution to Lao development, providing valuable income in foreign exchange, electricity for industrial growth and improved domestic conditions, plus employment and training for thousands of local workers. This pioneering venture has also paved the way for other major investment projects and for economic growth across the country.

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THEUN-HINBOUN POWER COMPANY LTD.

P.O. Box 3382
8^th Floor, Vientiane Center
Khouvieng Road, Ban Nongchan
Sisattanak District
Vientiane, Lao PDR

Office:(+856 21) 217515
Fax:(+856 21) 217529
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