State-run electricity utility Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has inaugurated a new substation and 230kV high-voltage transmission line in Tbong Khmum province as part of the government’s efforts to promote electrical-grid stability for the public and industries.

Global power management company Eaton has announced it has partnered with One Stop Solution Electric (OSS) as its licensed distributor for its low voltage power management products to be sold in the Cambodia market.

The first phase of a $380 million heavy fuel oil power plant in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district has been further delayed due to travel restrictions imposed to curve Covid-19, a Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official told The Post. Its General Department of Energy director-general Victor Jona said the delay would not materially affect […]

Power transmission provider Pestech (Cambodia) Plc put on a roadshow on Monday in preparation for going public on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) on August 12. Pestech Cambodia, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Malaysia-based Pestech International Bhd, hopes to raise approximately $3 million from the listing.

We have downwardly revised our short-term hydropower generation forecasts in Cambodia, from 4.46 TWh to 3.06TWh in 2019 as recent droughts have threatened Cambodia’s hydropower output reliability. In the immediate term, we expect Cambodia to import more electricity from neighbouring states to meet the power shortage. Despite current drought challenges, we maintain a positive long-term growth outlook for […]

The haste to expand economic growth and achieve rural electrification has drawn Chinese interest and though China is closing down fossil fuel plants in its country as emissions rise, Cambodia prefers to look the other way

Asiatic Group (Holdings) Ltd (AGHL), a Singapore Exchange listed company, has started arbitration proceedings against the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSP) seeking a minimum of $14.4 million in relief over a disputed power supply contract.

Thailand’s renewable energy developer and operator Prime Road Power Public Co is establishing a new subsidiary to support the company’s expansion in Cambodia, Japan’s NNA news agency reported. NNA News said Prime Road will transfer its assets to the new subsidiary, which will have 32 million baht ($1 million) of registered ordinary shares, according to a […]

Chinese-owned Li Yu Heng Cambodia Construction expressed its plan to invest in using recycled waste to generate power for consumption in Preah Sihanouk province. The plan was hatched due to the rising demand for electricity as business and investment activities are growing in the province. Company president Yang Hong Hao raised the plan during his […]

The government has urged vendors of electricity generators to ensure reasonable prices after public complaints flooded social media over soaring costs amidst a shortage of power in the Kingdom. Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Cambodian people should help each other during a crisis. Mr Siphan urged vendors to remain honest with the price of the […]