The plant, to be completed in June 2006, will cost US$10.1m to construct. Its dam will be 437m long and 36m high, with a reservoir of 31Mm3 capacity. The plant will generate 36.5MkWh of electricity each year.
Construction begins at La Kha
The construction of a new 7.5MW hydroelectric power plant started in La Kha commune in the Vietnamese Central Highlands province of Gia Lai in late May, according to the Vietnamese News Agency.