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Finance Engineers generally estimate that it costs US$1 million per 1MW of installed capacity to build a hydropower dam. Depending on the conditions of the dam sites and cost overruns, the investment into the Shweli dams could reach US$2.4 billion. According to Chinese media, the total cost will of the Dapein 1 hydropower station will be 108 million Yuan. Income generated from the sale of electricity will depend on the annual production and the buying price. A power purchase agreement has yet to be signed.
Electricity – where will it go? Electricity will be sold to China Project status -Last updated April 2009 The construction of the Dapein River hydropower station was launched on December 19, 2007. The first generating unit is scheduled to begin operations in September 2009, while the complete power plant will be finished by June 2010.
Impacts For more information on the Dapein Dam, please see footage from the dam site in April 2009 at:
