275-megawatt Trusan hydroelectric dam still on the drawing board


Desmond Davidson

Sarawak Deputy Utility and Telecommunication Minister Liwan Lagang says the proposed 275-megawatt Trusan Dam, which is to be constructed on the Trusan River in Lawas district, ‘is still at the early stage of development’. – TVS pic, May 18, 2023.

A HYDROELECTRIC dam the Sarawak government gave its approval to build six years ago “is still at the early stage of development”, the state’s Deputy Utility and Telecommunication Minister Liwan Lagang said today.

He told the legislative assembly that state-owned power company, Sarawak Energy Bhd, is reviewing the feasibility of the proposed 275-megawatt (MW) dam, which would be constructed on the Trusan River in the far-northern district of Lawas.


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