BankTrack – Batang Toru Dam
The Batang Toru Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam project in the fragile Batang Toru ecosystem, North Sumatra. The project is expected to generate 510 MW electricity for six hours a day and will occupy several hundred hectares of prime habitat along the Batang Toru River in the South Tapanuli district, but would impact a much larger area.Currently, land is being developed and cleared for the ...