It was International Day of Action for Rivers today, so I'm a bit late but putting this out there anyway. Maybe I can find some pics somewhere.

The arguments about birds and wind turbines are probably concocted by energy companies. Ditto the manufacturing process for panels. As if anything manufactured does not have side effects.
The momentum behind alternatives is unstoppable now and hydro is as harmful as fossil fuels with damage to the environment.

The National Heritage Institute is working on alternative, less environmentally destructive plans for a dam at Sambor in an effort to reconcile dam construction and protection of the environment, particularly fish migration.
They are working in partnership with:
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM)
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
Ministry of Environment (MOE)
Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Fisheries Administration of Ministry of Agriculture) (IFREDI)


Keep the River Free-Flowing Through Cambodia to the Sea by Redesigning the Sambor Dam

The Sambor dam, proposed by the Government of Cambodia, is probably the largest and most destructive dam in the Mekong River Basin. It is slated to be located on the mainstream between the confluence with the 3-S basin, which is where migratory fish reproduction takes place, and the Tonle Sap Great Lake, the most productive freshwater lake fishery in the world.
The original Sambor project proposed a dam 56 meters high and 18 kilometers wide that would result in a 82 km reservoir all the way up to the confluence of the 3-S tributaries at Stung Treng. It would create a complete barrier to fish and would trap 50% of the sediments and nutrients needed to nourish Tonle Sap and replenish the delta. Some 20,000 people are expected to be displaced according to the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) 2010 Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on Mekong mainstream dams.

Replacing the dams slated for the Xe Kong mainstream will keep the intact portion of the Mekong River System free-flowing all way to the sea if, but only if, the Sambor Hydropower Project on the mainstream is redesigned. This dam could literally kill the Mekong River and devastate Cambodia’s economy and food security.

NHI is working under a formal agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Kingdom of Cambodia to assess alternatives to the Sambor Dam that will keep the river free-flowing, maintain 95% survival of fish moving upstream and downstream through that corridor, and discharge virtually all of the sediments and nutrients into the Tonle Sap Great Lake and the Vietnam delta...
http://n-h-i.org/programs/restoring-nat ... ia-sambor/

It would be interesting to see how the dam can be redesigned. Maybe the displaced people will be able to go back to their homes.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:09 pm It would be interesting to see how the dam can be redesigned. Maybe the displaced people will be able to go back to their homes.

Smaller is more beautiful and would have less impact on people and environment, but will generate less money/ electricity. It's a fine idea to look for a compromise, but unfortunately, it's unlikely the investors will be interested in earning less. This is a business venture after all.
From link above:

NHI project has now investigated 10 alternative designs to ameliorate the horrific impacts of this dam. The designs for the two best performing finalists are now being completed. One would locate a much smaller dam on the main channel, leaving all of the side channels free-flowing. The other would locate an even smaller dam on the side channels, leaving the mainstream free flowing.

Walk past any of these buildings and you will see why there are so many car parked there and so many people employed there..

They are studying the finer details of the dam.





National Partners:

Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM)
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
Ministry of Environment (MOE)
Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Fisheries Administration of Ministry of Agriculture) (IFREDI)

ali baba wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:13 pm Birds are a classification of living organism with wings and feathers.
Some of them can fly.
Some of them die after collisions occur during flight.
Some of these collisions are with wind turbines.

most of the cambodian ones died after collisions with bullets during the bleak years, i cant see that they have recovered at all. ok some sparrows about and thats it. when were sparrows an endangered species worth saving or planning for. many types of wind turbine are available not all of them have huge or even fast spinning rotors.
but yes the oil industry does everything in its arsenal to prolong its pollution

Are Chinese-funded dams on the Mekong River washing away Cambodian livelihoods?
31 March 2018
Beijing’s spending on hydropower projects is welcomed by many poorer Southeast Asian countries, but it comes with a huge environmental and social cost, experts say.

On Saturday, the six nations through which the Mekong flows adopted an ambitious investment plan to develop 227 projects worth US$66 billion over the next five years. The deal was agreed at a summit in Hanoi by the prime ministers of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, the vice-president of Myanmar and China’s foreign minister.

Stephanie Jensen-Cormier, China programme director of the California-based NGO International Rivers, said Chinese hydropower companies were building 41 dams in Southeast Asia.
“That’s a lot of projects and environmental and social impacts are therefore quite significant,” she said.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac ... shing-away

A good read from the South East Asia Globe mag.

Dams spell catastrophe for Cambodia, but an alternative exists
By: Amanda Kaufmann - Posted on: September 5, 2018 | Cambodia

The deadly dam collapse in Laos in late July brings Cambodia’s own grand plans for hydropower into question – and thrusts solar power to the forefront of the Kingdom’s quest for energy independence

Twelve years ago, a Chinese state-owned company signed an agreement with the government of Cambodia to undertake a monumental feat of engineering: the Sambor Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong Basin. The 2,600MW behemoth, double the size of any other dam planned or constructed on the Lower Mekong, would stretch for 18km, trailing an 82km-long reservoir behind it.

http://sea-globe.com/an-alternative-to- ... -cambodia/