Solar sector increasingly attractive: Minister
With the Kingdom’s largest solar energy project due to come online this year in Kampong Speu province, the local solar sector is luring an increasing number of investors every year, the Minister of Mines and Energy said. Minister Suy Sem yesterday said that Kampong Speu’s 60-megawatt solar farm, being built with an investment of $60 […]
Solar still beats waste-to-energy
A 30-megawatt solar power station in Pursat province has started generating power to the national grid, with three other approved projects set to produce energy in late 2020 but this still leaves questions to be asked on why the waste-to-energy (WTE) method is still not being used.
Solar to make up 15 pct of local energy production by 2020
About 15 percent of all energy produced in the Kingdom will come from solar panels by 2020, the government said yesterday. For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia . Speaking during a press conference at the Council of Ministers, Keo Ratanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), said Cambodia will be producing at […]
Something Is Very Wrong on the Mekong River
The Mekong is reeling from the combined onslaught of climate change, sand-mining, and incessant damming of the river, which combined to help cause the worst drought recorded in over 100 years in July. “This is the worst ecological disaster in history of the of Mekong region,” declared Thai natural resources expert Chainarong Setthachua. The water level in […]
Spotlight: China-built hydropower project in Cambodia Guarantees the way home for fish
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, April 20 (Xinhua) — In early April in Sesan District of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, the reservoir of Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Station was sparkling with water merging with the azure sky. On the right bank of the dam, a clear stream flows through the woods downstream of the saddle dam. This […]
State-owned Cambodian electricity company shortens contract with Asiatic Group subsidiary
A state-owned Cambodian electricity supplier is shortening the duration of a power purchase agreement that it has with a unit of Asiatic Group (Holdings).
Strong Demand for Gas to Power Generation in Cambodia
Surrounded by bigger international players from neighbouring countries, Cambodia’s potential to import LNG has always been overlooked till recently. Announcements of interests by Russia and Indonesia to develop Cambodia’s LNG infrastructure in Cambodia depicts the immense opportunity for gas to power in Cambodia. As one of the fastest growing economy amongst other ASEAN countries, with […]
Struggling to keep the lights on
The government pledged that this year all villages in the country would be electrified and at least 70 percent would have access to reliable energy sources within 10 years. Its policy is to attract energy investment that can help provide efficient, trustworthy power and lower tariffs. After many power cuts in 2019, the government is […]
Student workshop on potential mining sector
Students from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia have been learning about the Kingdom’s potential mining sector as the country is stepping up efforts to extract its first drop oil at the end of this year. The Ministry of Mines and Energy said that the workshop called Petroleum Geological Potential Assessment was held by students […]
Sunny days for solar power
More than 450 megawatts (mW) of solar power will be connected to the national grid by the end of 2021, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).