Baram Dam
| Baram Dam | |
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 Site of the proposed Baram Dam on the island of Borneo.
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| Country | Malaysia |
| Location | Sarawak |
| Coordinates | 3°22′59″N 114°34′4″E / 3.38306°N 114.56778°ECoordinates: 3°22′59″N 114°34′4″E / 3.38306°N 114.56778°E |
| Purpose | Power |
| Status | Proposed |
| Construction cost | RM4 billion |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
| Impounds | Baram River |
| Height | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Length | 685 m (2,247 ft) |
| Elevation at crest | 180 m (591 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Catchment area | 8,966 km2 (3,462 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 389 square kilometres (150 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 178 m (584 ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 4 x Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 1,200 MW |
The Baram Dam, also known as Baram 1 Dam, (Baram Hydro-electric Dam Project) is a proposed gravity dam on the Baram River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The site of the dam is 250 kilometres (160 mi) inland from Miri, the second largest city in Sarawak. The dam is part of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy and, if completed, would support a 1,200 MW power station. In November 2015, the Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem announced that the Sarawak government had decided to shelf the Baram Dam because the people in Baram did not welcome the plan.
If built, the dam will be 162 metres (531 ft) tall and its reservoir will cover an area of 389 square kilometres (150 sq mi). The length of the dam at its crest will be 685 m (2,247 ft). A 70 metres (230 ft) tall saddle dam about 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the main dam will help retain the reservoir.
Baram 1 is one of 12 dams to be constructed in Sarawak and is being developed by Sarawak Energy. It is the next to be constructed after Murum Dam's reservoir impounded in 2013. Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation is carrying out the design of the dam and 1,200 MW power station. In 2010, Fitchner completed a feasibility study on the dam and power station. In November 2012, the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) for the project began. On 11 July 2014, the Sarawak state government has unofficially approved the dam project although the SEIA report has not been completed. As of 17 December 2014, Sarawak Energy announced that it has yet to complete a comprehensive feasibility study and SEIA report due to ongoing protests against the Baram dam project.
Corruption has also been alleged, the Baram MP Jacob Dungau Sagan, currently the Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, was accused of supporting the project after obtaining RM63 million worth of contracts and timber concessions for the Baram district. He dismissed it as a political ploy ahead of parliamentary elections.
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