根据国际大坝委员会的数据，欧洲和北美这两个世界最富的地区已经开发了水电可开发量的70%。

Europe and North America, two of the world's richest regions, have already exploited around 70% of their hydropower potential, according to the International Commission on Large Dams.

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该委员会称，非洲仅开发了水电可开发量的8%左右。

Africa has only developed about 8% of its hydropower potential, according to the commission.

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在周三向湄公河委员会（MRC）提交的报告中，老挝称其需要在北部赛耶武里省建筑一座1.26亿瓦的水电站以创造外汇收入。

In a submission to the Mekong river commission (MRC) on Wednesday, Laos said it wants to build a 1.26GW-hydropower plant at Sayabouly in northern Laos to generate foreign exchange income.

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