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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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
