Theun-Hinboun Power Company, Lao PDR

Expansion

THPC has expanded its electricity generation to 510 MW, optimizing the Nam Theun basin’s potential to deliver dry-season energy when most Lao power plants run at reduced capacity. A new reservoir guarantees year-round water supply to two powerhouses.

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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 has begun to realise this potential and is using hydropower to help drive its development.

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Renewable Energy

Electricity from THPC is helping to transform the lives of people in central Laos, providing the opportunity for evening work, study and leisure. Hydropower provides clean, efficient renewable energy with no chemical or waste heat pollution.

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Turbine Overhaul

In late February 2016, the renovated TH2 Unit went into production at the TH Powerhouse in Khammouane following a major overhaul. The unit now generates 10 MW more of electricity using the same amount of water as before. The turbine on the TH1 Unit is scheduled for replacement in late 2016.

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A Chance Through Education

The THPC primary and secondary school, located at the company’s main compound in Khounkham, Khammouane Province, provides quality education to local children in line with the Lao national curriculum. In 2012 five pupils from the school were selected to receive university scholarships. Click below to learn about these students and their efforts to take full advantage of their opportunities.

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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.

Contact THPC

THEUN-HINBOUN POWER COMPANY LTD.

P.O. Box 3382
2nd Floor, Simeuang Commercial Center
Fa Ngum Road, Ban Phia Vat
Sisattanak District
Vientiane, Lao PDR

Office:(+856 21) 217 363 & (+856 21) 217 473
Fax:(+856 21) 217 387
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