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H Y D R O P OW ER
L OW ER SE SA N 2

WWW.HYDROSESAN2.COM

Hydro Power Lower Sesan 2 Co., Ltd (abbreviated as
Sesan-II), is a joint-venture of China Huaneng Group
and Royal Group of Cambodia.

The 400 MW hydropower project, Sesan-II, is the
largest hydropower project in Cambodia, located in
Se San District, Stung Treng Province. The
construction was executed under the approval of the
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) in January 2014.
The project was put into operation in 2017 and fully
generated power in December 2018. The hydro
station is equipped with eight turbines to generate
energy. The project was built with the approximate
cost of about USD$920 million and covers the land
area of 9,854 ha of government concession land. The
project takes the form of BOT (Build-Operate-
Transfer), with a commercial operation period of 40
years, then the ownership will be transferred to
Cambodia. The dam was constructed with a length
of 6.5 kilometers, one of the longest dams in Asia and
the largest hydro project in Cambodia. The dam has
the capacity to reserve up to 2.72 billion m3 of water.
This hydropower station could generate and supply
clean energy (1970 GWh annually) which significantly
contributes to Cambodia’s national power grid and
reduce local power shortage.

In 2020, Sesan-II hydropower station generated 1696
GWh of electricity, accounting for nearly 20% of
Cambodia’s total domestic electricity generation.

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