China goes huge on Laos energy initiatives, boosting Southeast Asian sway

BANGKOK — Chinese language state-owned firms are stepping up energy infrastructure funding in Laos, together with hydroelectric energy crops and transmission, increasing their footprint in a rustic that goals to develop into the “battery of Southeast Asia.”

The Nam Ou hydroelectric plant, one of many largest energy era amenities within the nation’s north by capability, is a roughly two-hour drive from Luang Prabang alongside mountain roads.