O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam

Dam in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

Dam in Ratanakiri province, Cambodia

13°46′20.4″N 106°59′14.3″E / 13.772333°N 106.987306°E / 13.772333; 106.987306Opening date1992^[1]Owner(s)Cambodia GovernmentDam and spillwaysType of damSeasonal StorageImpoundsLam Dom Noi RiverHeight10 m (33 ft)Length107 m (351 ft)ReservoirCreatesO Chum 2 Hydropower Dam ReservoirCatchment area45 km² (17 sq mi)Power StationInstalled capacity1 MW (1,300 hp)Annual generation51 GWh (180 TJ)

O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam is located on O Chum River, in Banlung, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. O Chum 2, commissioned in 1993, is a 1 MW mini-hydropower plant located in the north-east of Ratanakiri province. It is owned and operated by the Cambodian government and has an estimated annual generation output of between 2.2 and 2.5 GWh.^[2]

The dam has the following characteristics:

installed capacity 1 megawatt (1,300 hp)
51 gigawatt-hours (180 TJ) annually
seasonal storage hydropower
head 32.6 metres (107 ft)
height 10 metres (33 ft)
length 3,107 metres (10,194 ft)
active storage 0.1 million cubic metres (3.5×10^⁶ cu ft)
catchment area 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi)

References

^ "Hydropower Development on the 3S Rivers" (PDF). cambodiahydropower.weebly.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ Cambodia’s Hydropower Development and China’s Involvement