Murum Dam on Murum River

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Murum Dam on Murum River is a major hydroelectric dam in Sarawak, Malaysia, forming part of the Rajang River basin’s cascade of power projects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
associatedEthnicGroupsAffected Kenyah
Penan
basinCountry Malaysia
commissioningDate 2014
constructionStartDate 2008
continent Asia
country Malaysia
damType concrete faced rockfill dam
designedFor base-load power supply
energyPolicyContext Sarawak renewable energy development
fundingSource Government of Sarawak
surface form: Sarawak state government
gridConnection Sarawak power grid
hasSpillway yes
height 141 m
impact inundation of indigenous lands
individualTurbineCapacity 236 MW
languageOfLocalAdministration Malay
length 473 m
locatedIn Sarawak
Borneo
surface form: island of Borneo
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Belaga District
Kapit Division
surface form: Kapital Division
locatedNear Belaga
locatedOnRiver Murum River NERFINISHED
locatedUpstreamOf Bakun Dam
numberOfTurbines 4
openingDate 2014
operator Sarawak Energy Berhad
owner Sarawak Energy Berhad
partOf Rajang River
surface form: Rajang River hydropower cascade

Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy
partOfRiverBasin Rajang River
surface form: Rajang River basin
plantCapacity 944 MW
primaryEnergySource hydropower
purpose power generation
region Borneo
relocationProgram resettlement of affected communities
reservoirCapacity 12,000,000,000 m3
reservoirName Murum Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 245 km2
spillwayType gated overflow
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Rajang River
watercourse Murum River NERFINISHED

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Rajang River hasHydroelectricProjectOnTributary Murum Dam on Murum River