Indonesia seeks investors to build South-East Asia's largest hydropower project


TANJUNG SELOR, Indonesia: Accompanied by the sound of the Kayan River flowing by, workers were busy cutting iron and operating excavators to construct roads, drainage channels, and a dam for South-East Asia's largest hydropower project, which has a capacity of 9,000 megawatts, located in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Kayan River (pic) is one of the biggest rivers on the island of Kalimantan, which originates from Mount Ukeng and flows for more than 500km before emptying into the Sulawesi Sea.

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