Electricite du Laos Transmission Company Limited (EDL-T)

Built World

Built and operates the 32.5-km Lao section

A 500-kilovolt power line between China and Laos has carried more than 1 billion kilowatt-hours since it switched on in April. China's first cross-border alternating-current link at that voltage passed the mark on October 8, and it raised two-way exchange capacity between Yunnan and northern Laos from 50 megawatts to 1.5 gigawatts.

Updated Oct 25