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{{stub}}{{CoalSwarm}}'''Hongsa power station''' is a proposed 1,878 megawatts lignite fired power station which is currently under construction in Hongsa district, Sayaboury province, Laos in Thailand. The power station is proposed as a mine-mouth power station. The power station and associated mine are slated to cost US$4 billion. The consortium has been granted a 25 year concession over a 60 square kilometre site.<ref name="Go">[http://laovoices.com/2009/12/03/government-goes-ahead-hongsa-lignite-power-plant/ "Government goes ahead Hongsa lignite power plant"], ''Lao Voices'', December 3, 2009. (This is a story from the KPL Lao News Agency).</ref>{{#evp:youtube|DKoKHCxWYM8|Governor Schweitzer at DNC in Denver, Colorado 2008.|right|300}}
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).<ref name="Go"/>
