Bakun Dam at a glance
Location: On the Balui River, 37 km from Belaga town, Sarawak
Catchment area: 14, 750 sq km
Reservoir area: 69,000 ha, containing 43.8 cu m of water
Hydroelectric output: 2,400 MW (eight generating units of 300 MW each)
Height of the dam: 205 m
Transmission through:
• a 170 km high voltage (HV) AC transmission line from Bakun to Bintulu
• two 675 km parallel HVDC transmission lines from Bakun to Datu at the western tip of Sarawak
• three 650 km long submarine HVDC cable lines from Sarawak to Johor, through the seabed of the South China Sea
• a 325 km HVDC transmission line from Johor to Kuala Lumpur
Source: Bakun State Co-ordinating Committee, Government of Sarawak, and Sahabat Alam Malaysia