Myitsone dam
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 41 '23 " N , 97 ° 31' 4" E | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | CFR dam | ||||||||
| Construction time: | from 2007 (stopped 2011) | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 152 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 152 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 3 600 MW | ||||||||
| Operator: | Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise, China Power Investment Corporation, China Southern Power Grid | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 766 km² | ||||||||
The Myitsone dam ( Burmese မြစ်ဆုံ တာတမံ ; literally translated: confluence dam ) is a planned dam with a hydropower plant on the Irrawaddy in Burma (Myanmar). The construction of the dam was agreed between the State Council for Peace and Development and the China Power Investment Corporation . Construction of the construction site began in 2007, and the actual construction work began at the end of 2009. The construction site was closed in October 2011.
Location
The dam construction site is 3.2 km below the confluence of the Mali and N'Mai rivers , about 42 km north of Myitkyina , the capital of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar .
The source of both rivers, N'mai and Mali, are Himalayan glaciers in northern Burma near the 28th parallel north. The eastern one, the N'mai, is the larger river, it has its source in the Languela Glacier north of Putao . It is not navigable because of its strong current, while the smaller western river, the Mali, is navigable despite some rapids.
planning
The dam is planned as a rubble dam with a concrete surface (CFRD). It should be 152 m high and just as long. The power plant should - when it is finished - produce 3600 megawatts of electricity. 90% of the generated electricity is to be delivered to China, especially to Yunnan , the rest is destined for Kachin. China will pay the equivalent of 400 million euros a year for this. The construction costs were estimated at US $ 3.6 billion in 2011.
The Irrawaddy / Myitsone Dam is the largest of seven large dams that are being planned on Mali, N'Mai and Irrawaddy. The China Power Investment Corporation is project manager of hydropower projects in the confluence area.
| place | MW |
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| Myitsone | 3600 |
| Chibwe dam | 2000 |
| Pashe dam | 1600 |
| Lakin Dam | 1400 |
| Phizaw Dam | 1500 |
| Kaunglanphu Dam | 1700 |
| Laiza dam | 1560 |
| Chibwe Creek Dam | 65 |
| total | 13,360 |
Social and ecological consequences
The reservoir will flood 766 km² of land with 47 villages and displace more than 10,000 ethnic Jingpo . Temples, churches, and heritage sites will also go under. This prospect led the Jingpo and many other residents of Kachin to protests against the project.
In addition, the construction of the dam would result in lasting environmental damage, also downstream in the Irrawaddy valley, and among other things, drastically reduce biodiversity .
Suspension of construction work
On September 2011, Myanmar's President Thein Sein informed parliament of his decision to suspend construction work until further notice in view of the resistance in Kachin, "because it was not the will of the people".
The local population continues to come together for prayer in front of the disused construction site on the anniversaries of the termination decision . She wants to continue her protests until the project is finally abandoned.
literature
- Kachin Environment Organization, Kachin Development Networking: Damming the Irrawaddy . Myitkyina 2008 ( online , PDF; 2.1 MB).
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
Web links
- For a detailed map of the project area, see page A-10 in "Resisting the Flood" (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- Qin Hui: Behind Myanmar's suspended dam
Footnotes
- ^ Kachin Environment Organization, Kachin Development Networking: Damming the Irrawaddy . Myitkyina 2008, pp. 10-13, accessed June 11, 2019.
- ↑ a b Liao Ruo: Lessons from the Irrawaddy , October 10, 2011, accessed June 11, 2019.
- ↑ Irrawaddy Myitsone Dam. internationalrivers.org, accessed October 14, 2011 .
- ^ Art. Irrawaddy . In: James R. Penn (2001) Rivers of the World. A Social, Geographical, and Environmental Sourcebook . ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara 2001, ISBN 1-576-07042-5 , pp. 115-116.
- ^ Saw Yan Naing: Irrawaddy Dam Construction Begins, Human Rights Abuses Begin , January 28, 2008, accessed June 11, 2019.
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2, 2011.
- ↑ a b Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 4, 2011.
- ↑ CSG's Initial Public Offering and Project Risks in Southeast Asia ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 13, 2008, accessed October 6, 2011 (pdf, 106 kB).
- ↑ Environmental Impact Assessment (Special Investigation) on Hydropower Development of Ayeyawaday River Basin Above Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar , p. 2 and p. 21 (PDF; 5.2 MB).
- ↑ The 7th annual ceremony launches on suspending of the Myitsone Dam , Burma News International, October 4, 2018, accessed June 11, 2019.
- ↑ “Rivers are not commodities for Sale” - Environmental Rights and Civil Society Groups Demand End to Large-dam Projects , Burma News International, March 22, 2019, accessed June 11, 2019.
