National grid to reach all provinces next year
The government says it plans to have all 24 provinces in the country connected to the national grid by 2020. Five provinces still lack access to the national power grid – Tboung Khmum, Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri. Speaking at Electricity Authority of Cambodia’s annual meeting yesterday, Yim Viseth, chairman of the agency, […]
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 […]
Cambodia less reliant on electricity imports, says official
Victor Jona, director-general of Energy at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said Cambodia is less reliant on foreign electricity sources, resulting in a reduction of the country’s electricity imports due to the constant development of the local electricity sector. Mr Jona said the development of the energy sector in Cambodia has increased significantly thanks […]
Cambodia less reliant on electricity imports, says official
Victor Jona, director-general of Energy at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said Cambodia is less reliant on foreign electricity sources, resulting in a reduction of the country’s electricity imports due to the constant development of the local electricity sector. Mr Jona said the development of the energy sector in Cambodia has increased significantly thanks […]
Dams threaten traditional way of life in Mekong Basin
PHNOM PENH — Sak Seam, 69, chief of Chnok Tru, a village in central Cambodia, is worried. The floating village of about 1,700 households is located on a tributary of the Mekong River. “The villagers will be unable to survive if the fish catch decreases further,” he said. […]
Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
New Delhi: Cambodia‘s largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion. Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in the northeastern province of Stung Treng. The project, constructed on a build-operate-transfer basis, […]
Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
A general view of the Cambodia’s 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 hydroelectric dam is seen during the inauguration in Stung Treng province on Monday. (AFP photo) PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion. Prime […]
Cambodia reaffirms commitment to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Cambodia has reaffirmed its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and express serious concern over the multi-faceted impacts of climate change. Eang Sophalleth, secretary of state with the Ministry of Environment and head of the Cambodian delegation to the UNFCCC, said this week in Poland that after the historic agreement in […]
Researchers seek alternatives to Mekong River hydropower dam
The Mekong River, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea, is a hotbed of ecological diversity. The roughly 60 million people who live in the region, many in poverty, depend on the river and its tributaries for food and income. But a surge in hydropower […]
Total goes solar
Total Cambodge, a subsidiary of France-based petroleum firm Total Group, has moved into the solar sector, aiming to provide sustainable energy solutions to Cambodian companies. The result is Total Solar, a business which is now being registered with the Ministry of Commerce, after the group submitted an application last year. “If we look at the […]