Lao Holding State Enterprise
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Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE) is a Lao government owned company which holds the government shares in power development projects such as the Nam Thuen 2 Power Company and "any other Power Project Company's which are acquired by LHSE or are transferred to it by the Government".[1]
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Interests in Hongsa coal plant
LHSE is a 20% shareholder in Hongsa Power Company which is developing the Hongsa power station near the town of Hongsa in the Sayaboury province in Laos.[2]
Other shareholders in the Hongsa Power Company are Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company (RATCH),(40%) and Banpu Power (40%) (a susbidiary of the the Thai coal-mining company Banpu[2]
The power station is proposed as a mine-mouth power station which, together with the mine and associated infrastructure, is slated to cost US$4 billion. The consortium has been granted a 25 year concession over a 60 square kilometre site. Under the terms of a May 2009 agreement 1,473MW will be exported to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) with 100MW for domestic Lao consumption. (The remainder is for on site use).[2]
Contact details
Lao Holding State Enterprise
Lane Xang Avenue, Hatsadytai Village,
Chanthabouly District, Vientiane Capital,
Lao PDR
P.O.Box 11536
Phone: (856-21)263805-06
Fax: (856-21)263804
E-mail: secretary AT laoholding.com
Website: http://www.laoholding.com/
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Lao Holding State Enterprise, "Lao Holding State Enterprise", Lao Holding State Enterprisewebsite, accessed May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Government goes ahead Hongsa lignite power plant", Lao Voices, December 3, 2009. (This is a story from the KPL Lao News Agency).
