Batang Ai Dam

Batang Ai Dam
Location of Batang Ai Dam
Coordinates 01°08′50″N 111°52′26″E / 1.14722°N 111.87389°ECoordinates: 01°08′50″N 111°52′26″E / 1.14722°N 111.87389°E
Construction began 1982
Opening date 1985
Dam and spillways
Impounds Batang Ali River
Height 85 m (279 ft)
Length 810 m (2,660 ft)
Spillway capacity 2,438 m3/s (86,097 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Batang Ai Reservoir
Total capacity 2,870,000,000 m3 (2,326,747 acre·ft)
Inactive capacity 1,630,000,000 m3 (1,321,463 acre·ft)[1]
Catchment area 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi)
Surface area 85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Power station
Operator(s) Syarikat SESCO Berhad
Turbines 4 × 25 MW Francis-type[2]
Installed capacity 100 MW

The Batang Ai Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam in Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The power station comprises four 25 MW turbines, totalling the installed capacity to 100 MW. The station is operated by Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation. Preparations for the dam began as early as 1975, before the design was published in 1977. Construction started 1982 with the river diversion work and the last turbine completed in 1985. The Batang Ai project, a relatively modest dam financed by the Asian Development Bank, caused the displacement of approximately 3,000 people from 26 longhouses. (These people have since been accommodated in the Batang Ai Resettlement Scheme to cultivate cocoa and rubber but the programme has not been successful.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hydroelectric Power Dams in Sarawak". Sarawak Integrated Water Resources Master Management Plan. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Batang Ai Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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