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The Bakun Dam (Malay: Empangan Bakun) is an embankment dam located in Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga.
Bakun HEP is a Concrete Face Rockfilled Dam (CFRD). Bakun HEP is the largest power generation facility in Sarawak and supports the Sarawak Corridor of Renewal Energy (SCORE) initiative in Samalaju Industry Park for energy-intensive heavy industries.
• The construc9on of the RM15 billion dam is the most expensive privazed project in Malaysia to date. • 207 metres high and 300 metres wide, flooding an area of 700 sq km, the size of Singapore – Bakun is the largest hydroelectric dam project in Southeast Asia & the second tallest dam in the world.
The Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga.
Oct 3, 2023 · The Bakun Hydroelectric Plant, which won the Best Dam Operator (under the Dam Safety Programme category) 2023 at the International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering in March 2023; was among the selected dams to undergo the audit conducted by the Dam Safety Flying Squad last year.
The Bakun HEP Plant has been operational since 2011, and have been injecting generation ranging from 1,700MW to 2,110MW depending on the grid demands. Bakun Concrete Faced Rock-fill Dam is still the tallest and largest dam in Southeast Asia, standing at 205m high with a rock fill volume of 16.93 million m³.
AT 205m high, with an installed capacity of 2,400mw, Bakun hydroelectric plant (HEP) is one of Asia’s largest outside China. Having spent RM2.5 billion cash, plus debt assumption of RM5.6 billion, its new owner — Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) — has to make the hydroelectric dam work harder t...
The 205 m-high Bakun concrete faced rockfill dam and 2400 MW powerplant is now nearing completion in Sarawak. This article describes the main features of the project, and in particular special measures which were taken to prevent rupture of the concrete face, in view of recent experience at some large CFRDs in other parts of the world.
Sep 1, 2011 · This article explores the dynamics of the Bakun Hydroelectric Project (BHP) in East Malaysia. Situated on the island of Borneo, the BHP is a 204 m high concrete face, rock filled dam on the Balui River in the Upper Rajang Basin in the rainforests of Sarawak.
The Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga. As part of the project, the second tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world would be built.
