Behind an ambitious megaproject in Asia: The history and implications of the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Borneo

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4842-4859

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Bulan, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric dams; Large scale energy infrastructure; Megaprojects

Indexed keywords

EAST MALAYSIA; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; ENERGY PROJECT; FIELD RESEARCH; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MEGAPROJECTS; SARAWAK; SITE VISITS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DAMS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

BAKUN DAM; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; RAJANG RIVER; SARAWAK;

EID: 79960890692     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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