The Bakun Hydropower project is located on the Bare River in Sarawak in the north of Kalimantan Island. The project is mainly composed of a concrete face rockfill dam, an open spillway and a 2,400 MW diversion and power generation system, which is the largest hydropower project in south-east Asia. The project was undertaken by Sinohydro Corporation (Malaysia).
The Bakun Hydropower project was completed in 2012 with a construction period of ten years. It is known as Malaysia's "Three Gorges Project" and is one of the representative projects of hydropower construction technology in the world. The dam is 205 meters high and the crest length is 740 meters. It is currently the second tallest concrete face rockfill dam in the world. The total filling volume of the dam body of the Bakun Hydropower project is 17.28 million cubic meters; the 200-meter-high concrete face rockfill dam is the latest generation of upgraded products in the dam structure, the extensive application of new technologies fully demonstrates the crystallization of the latest achievements in the field of water conservancy and hydropower in China with over ten years of research.
As an important component of Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (“SCORE”), the completion of Bakun Hydropower project has greatly improved the country's power structure. The annual power generation capacity of Bakun Hydropower station is 15.52 billion kWh, which could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 10 million tons, providing clean energy for the local area. Meanwhile, the powerful storage capacity of the project has also effectively controlled the floods in the lower reaches of the Bare River in Sarawak.
