Laos earns first 600,000 dollars off controversial hydropower plant | Earth Times News

Laos earns first 600,000 dollars off controversial hydropower plant | Earth Times News: "-

Vientiane, Laos - The Lao government earned 600,000 dollars off the Nam Theun II hydropower plant last month, its first revenue from the ecologically controversial project, project sources said Tuesday. According to a joint report issued by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, two of the main sponsors of the 2-billion-dollar project, the Lao government received the money from the plant owners in June. The payment came two months after Nam Theun II (NT2) commenced commercial operations.