Batang Ai Dam

Batang Ai Dam
Coordinates	01°08′50″N 111°52′26″E
Construction began	1982
Opening date	1985
Dam and spillways
Height	110 m (360 ft)
Spillway capacity	2,438 m3/s (86,097 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Batang Ai Reservoir
Capacity	750,000,000 m3 (2.6×1010 cu ft)
Catchment area	1,200 km2 (460 sq mi)
Surface area	24 km2 (9 sq mi)
Power station
Operator(s)	Syarikat SESCO Berhad
Type	No
Turbines	4 × 25 MW
Installed capacity	100 MW

The Batang Ai Dam is a concrete-faced rockfill hydroelectric dam in Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The power station comprises four 25 MW turbines, totalling the installed capacity to 100 MW. The station is operated by Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation. Preparations for the dam began as early as 1975, before the design was published in 1977. Construction started 1982 with the river diversion work and the last turbine completed in 1985. The Batang Ai project, a relatively modest dam financed by the Asian Development Bank, caused the displacement of approximately 3,000 people from 26 longhouses. (These people have since been accommodated in the Batang Ai Resettlement Scheme to cultivate cocoa and rubber but the programme has not been successful.Kaur, Amarhit. "A History of Forestry in Sarawak." Modern Asian Studies 32.1 (1998): 117-47.

See also

• List of power stations in Malaysia
• National Grid, Malaysia

Notes

• Economic Panning Unit (1996), Bakun – Green Energy For The Future, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Percetakan Nasional Bhd . Page 14 Table 2-1 Batang Ai Dam.

External links

• Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation