Cambodia chooses coal in rush for power
From the top of a low hill, farmer Pich Sophat points to an area scarred by excavators. Remnants of a house can still be seen in the centre of land being cleared for Cambodia’s Botum Sakor coal-fired power plant.
Cambodia chooses coal in rush for power
Critics say the government’s approval of two more coal power plants bucks the trend towards renewables in Southeast Asia.
Cambodia counts the cost of its push to expand coal-fired power
PHNOM PENH — The potential cost of Cambodia’s push to boost its reliance on coal power has increased sharply since it began to ramp up two years ago, prompting calls for the government to rethink and promote renewable energy.
Cambodia embraces dirty energy fearing drought-driven shortages
Successive droughts in recent years have caused a power crisis in Cambodia, prompting the government to rapidly invest in and build coal and oil plants.
Cambodia gold production starts at nation’s first commercial mine
Cambodia entered the ranks of the world’s gold producers with the start of output in the Okvau region of Keo Seima district in Modulkiri province where Australian mining company, Renaissance Minerals, has carried out 14 years of exploration and research. Its Cambodian subsidiary aims to produce three tonnes of pure gold a year over an […]
Cambodia greenlights two coal projects with 965MW capacity
A 700MW plant will be developed by China’s Sinosteel and local company Royal Group. The government of Cambodia has approved the construction of two coal-fired power plants totalling 965 MW. The government has approved a 265 MW coal-fired power project worth US$294m developed by the local company Han Seng Coal Mines in the northwest Oddar […]
Cambodia Invites Firms for 4 Coal Mining Concessions
Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to review applications soon for rights to four coal mining concession areas totalling 794 square kilometre, it opened late in March in the Kingdom’s north. It said “Interested national and international companies can apply for a mining licence at the General Department of Mineral Resources. It will […]
Cambodia to reduce hydropower and develop coal and solar capacity
Cambodia, which relies heavily on hydropower, has witnessed power shortages due to droughts and lower water levels in the dams.
Cambodia’s Coal-Fueled Power Plants and their Environmental Costs
PHNOM PENH–Cambodia’s move to approve new coal-fired power plants has prompted concern about potential environmental and health costs despite the government pledging to strictly enforce environmental regulations. The Cambodian government Friday greenlighted the construction of two more coal power plants in Koh Kong and Odor Meanchey provinces, according to government spokesman Phay Siphan. The construction […]
Cambodia’s shift to coal power riles global brands
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s embrace of new coal power projects is making the Southeast Asian state “less attractive” to international brands producing in the country. In a letter addressed to the Cambodian government and seen by the Nikkei Asian Review, several major companies expressed concern about the country’s plans to nearly triple the amount of power […]