Autotrop eyes battery exports to Cambodia
Malaysia-based Autotrop Sdn Bhd plans to penetrate the competitive Cambodian auto sector to promote its – Fujiya and Challenger – batteries and even plans to set up a local warehouse. Speaking to The Post in the capital last Thursday, Autotrop’s director Gary Lim T.H. said the company sees Cambodia as a potential market for its […]
B.Grimm acquires major stake in Angthong Power
B.Grimm Power Plc has acquired a 70% stake in Angthong Power Co, a gas-fired power plant under the small power producer scheme, for 2.52 billion baht. The company purchased the stake in the power plant, with a 123-megawatt capacity, from its Redman Pacific Holding Pte through wholly owned subsidiary B.Grimm Power Chonburi Co.
B.Grimm buys 30MW solar plant under development in Cambodia
Thai firm B. Grimm Power has extended its interest in PV in Southeast Asia by investing in a 30MW solar project to be set up in Cambodia. The ground-mount system is slated for development in Serie Saophoan, Banteay Meanchey Province. Company subsidiary B.Grimm Solar Power entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire all shares […]
B.Grimm’s solar project sees 20 percent complete
Thailand-based Energy Company B.Grimm Power said its solar project in Cambodia is 20 percent complete after the firm took over the project from a local power company late last year. B.Grimm completed the acquisition of local company Ray Power Supply Co Ltd last November for $300,000.
Banteay Meanchey solar farm adds 39MW to national grid
A 39MW solar power plant in far northwestern Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province has been successful brought to the national grid, Shenzhen-listed solar development company JA Solar Technology Co Ltd said in press release on March 10.
Banteay Meanchey solar-energy project awarded
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday approved Thai-owned Ray Power Supply Co Ltd’s $39.8 million 30MW solar-energy project in the Kingdom’s far northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey. Located in Chhnuor Meanchey commune in the province’s southeastern Preah Net Preah district, the site is around 55km east of downtown Poipet and a […]
Bentley’s BIM solutions ‘boon to substation projects’
Bentley Systems, a leading provider of advancing infrastructure solutions, said greenfield and brownfield substation projects can reap design collaboration and construction benefits from the building information modelling (BIM) and realty modelling. Whether designing greenfield substation projects from the ground up or performing brownfield design associated with existing substation infrastructure, intelligent 3D substation design employing BIM […]
Bids sought for coal mining licences
The Mine and Energy Ministry has called on local and foreign companies to bid for the Kingdom’s coal mining exploration licences in Oddar Meanchey. The announcement wants both local and foreign private companies to apply for a licence to explore coal mines within a 200 square kilometre area in the province’s Ou Svay commune in Trapeang […]
Biggest solar farm set to more than double in capacity
Plans are underway to expand the capacity of the Kingdom’s largest solar power station, by nearly 167 per cent from 90MW to 240MW, to help meet demand and reduce energy costs, according to the head of state-run electric utility Electricite du Cambodge (EdC).
Biggest solar project yet gets half billion in funding
The Gideon Group, a US-based global finance firm, yesterday announced its intention to invest $488 million in a 135-megawatt solar plant in Kandal province. In a statement issued yesterday, Gideon Group president and CEO Salman Khan said the Kandal solar project is being developed by Inner Renewable Energy (Cambodia), also known as IREC, with the […]