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The Murum Dam (Malay: Empangan Murum) is a gravity dam on the Murum River in Sarawak, Malaysia. Construction began in 2008, the dam's reservoir began to fill in July 2013 and the first generator was commissioned in December 2014. The fourth and final turbine became operational on 8 June 2015.
Oct 8, 2017 · The Murum Dam is a Roller-compacted concrete gravity dam on the Murum River, which is the uppermost part of Rajang River basin, 70Km from the Bakun dam downstream. A Gravity dam is a dam utilizing the weight of the building material (concrete) to resist the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it.
Aug 13, 2013 · The Murum Dam is the first of nine to 12 large dams that the government plans to build on indigenous lands. In 2008, the government began quietly constructing the Murum Dam in a remote area of Sarawak.
Aug 7, 2014 · New Zealand engineer’s photo-album on Murum observes logging as the ‘typical sight’. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Murum Dam clearly stated back in 2008 that it was a “High Risk” project, in several categories concerning basic safety, we can now reveal.
Jul 24, 2024 · The Murum dam, which commenced construction in 2008 and became operational in stages from 2014 to 2015, is a key hydroelectric power project in the state. Related stories. Sarawak's new energy hub to receive RM2.16 trillion investment by 2050, says Abang Johari.
Aug 5, 2014 · What the EIA reveals is that the positioning of Murum Dam has added to the risk factors inherent in the Bakun Dam, which is the world’s second tallest rock filled dam. Murum is located 70km directly uphill from Bakun and is linked by a narrow high gorge straight into the now flooded Bakun Lake, which crouches over one of Sarawak’s most ...
The Murum Hydroelectric Dam Project like the Bakun and other dams being proposed is part of the government effort to generate renewable energy to ensure adequate energy supply to the state as well as the national power grid.
Murum HEP is located on the Murum River in the Upper Rajang River basin, 200km from Bintulu. It is designed to produce 635MW (constant) and 944MW (peak) from a 2,750 sq km catchment area feeding a 270 sq km reservoir. The Murum HEP Plant has been fully operational since the mid-year of 2015.
Sep 27, 2016 · The 944MW gravity dam is located on the river after which it is named, at the highest part of the Rajang River basin, 200 km from Bintulu. It will meet almost a third of the demand generated by the SCORE region with the remainder taken up by the Bakun HEP and the upcoming Balingian Coal Fired Plant.
Jun 7, 2019 · For example, Sarawak Report has received details of one report to the MACC last year, which has yet to be acted on, relating to the clearing of timber worth a billion ringgit from the Murum Dam basin through a contract granted by Sarawak Energy (SEB) while he was on the board.
