Dam specifications|  Companies involved | Finance | Project status | Impacts

Dam specifications

Dapein 1
Height: estimated 83.5 meters
Installed capacity: 240 MW
Annual production: 1,081 Gwh

Dapein 2
Height:  unknown
Installed capacity: 168 MW
Annual production: unknown

Companies involved

Chinese
China Datang Corporation
Sinohydro
China Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Corporation
Central China Power International Trade Company
Jiangxi Water Resources Planning and Design Institute

Burmese
Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise

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: