About 100 residents of Mondulkirri province’s Sen Monorom City have protested yesterday for the third time in the past 2 weeks in front of the provincial office of state electricity provider Eletricite du Cambodge (Edc), demanding that their electricity be decreased. Vann Neang, who ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Australia are expanding access to economical and reliable energy for rural Cambodian households, including through the promotion of cookstoves in Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham provinces. A $6.1 million Australian Aid grant, administered by ADB, will finance ...

State-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has sent letters to some of Phnom Penh’s four- and five-star hotels, asking that they switch to generators between 8am and 9pm this month — a move hotel-industry experts say would have a significant economic impact. In a letter ...

The deputy governor of Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district was slightly injured yesterday in a clash that broke out during a remembrance ceremony to mark the day 39 years ago the Khmer Rouge seized the capital in 1975. Prach Seyha, Dangkor’s deputy governor, was injured in the ...

The SRP yesterday said it had found that more than 90 employees of state-owned power company Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) were registered to vote in two separate places for Sunday’s commune elections and warned that the ruling CPP may use such government employees to vote ...

More than a week after the World Bank blacklisted a Canadian construction firm over bribes allegedly paid in Cambodia and Bangladesh, it was still unclear Thursday whether the government, or the national anticorruption body, are investigating the allegations. SNC-Lavalin Inc. was banned from World Bank contracts ...

សាលាដំបូងខេត្តរតនៈគីរី ចេញដិការកោះហៅ លោក ប៉ែន ប៉ុណ្ណារ៍មន្ត្រីសមាគមការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាដហុក និងពលរដ្ឋសហគមន៍ការពារព្រៃឈើ ឲ្យឡើងបំភ្លឺនៅថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែសីហាទាក់ទងសំណុំរឿង អនុគ្រោះបទល្មើសព្រៃឈើ និងទប់ស្កាត់បទល្មើស ការកាប់រានឈូសឆាយដីព្រៃឈើ ជាបទល្មើសល្មើសឧក្រិដ្ឋមិនទាន់ពេលវេលា បានបណ្តាល់ឲ្យបាត់បង់ដីព្រៃឈើជាង ៣០០០ហិកតារ នៅឃុំប៉ាតាង ស្រុកលំផាត់ ខេត្តរតនគិរី។ ...

The recent power shortages have left residents of Phnom Penh out in the heat and dark, but amidst their mounting frustration, state-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has announced it will be purchasing more power from Thailand to address the shortfall. Keo Rattanak, director-general of ...

About 200 protesters clamoured yesterday in front of a Kandal province commune chief’s office, demanding the state take control of providing their electricity. Yong Phany, a 32-year-old protester from Ang Snuol district’s Poeuk commune said Peoun Sambat, the private company contracted to provide electricity to the ...

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The state-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) will increase the price of electricity in September for tens of thousands of homes in Phnom Penh and three other provinces due to a hike in the cost of energy being supplied by Vietnam, officials said yesterday. Ty ...

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Workers from bankrupt plush-toy factory First & Main are still owed money after the Ministry of Social Affairs auctioned $200,000 worth of factory equipment for just $21,000, a labor rights advocate said Sunday. More than 350 workers were left stranded when the US-owned teddy bear factory closed in ...

Three days after it went out, power had yet to be restored to large parts of Siem Reap province yesterday, badly impacting local businesses in the popular tourist hub of Siem Reap City and seeing a rush of people to buy generators. The power failure followed ...

Anco Water Supply, a private company that is supplying Sihanoukville with access to fresh water has alleviated a water shortage that began when a state-owned reservoir dried up more than a week ago. Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbuon Sarath said that running water had been restored ...

ក្រុមហ៊ុន រ៉ូយ៉ាល់គ្រុប របស់លោក គិត ម៉េង ជាក្រុមហ៊ុនពហុផលិតផលមួយរបស់កម្ពុជានឹងចូលរួមវិនិយោគក្នុងរោងចក្រថាមពលធ្យូងថ្ម ៧០០ មេហ្គាវ៉ាត់ក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុសម្រាប់ដំណាក់កាលបន្ទាប់។ នេះបើយោងតាមមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលទោះបីមិនមានព័ត៌មានលម្អិតទំហំវិនិយោគ ឬ ពេលវេលាច្បាស់លាស់ក៏ដោយ។ ...

A Malaysian-base[d] energy service group has plans to spend roughly $10 million to build a biomass power plant in Cambodia. Wah Seong Corporation Berhad’s plant would have a production capacity of up to 10 megawatts, said the group’s chief executive, Chan Cheu Leong, in an article ...

Seventy-one out of 89 National Assembly lawmakers yesterday voted to approve the construction of a coal power plant in Preah Sihanouk province by a company run by CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin and his daughter, and licensed the plant to sell electricity to Electricite du ...

Cambodia is expected to be able to produce about half the energy it needs by 2035, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but the Kingdom – along with its neighbours – should also consider integrating their energy grids, which would bring about more competitive ...

Recurring power cuts and power shortages draw sharp complaints from Cambodia’s public, the political opposition and business owners. Keo Ratanak,  director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), talked to the Post’s Sarah Thust. What is EDC doing to reduce electricity cuts here? The issue of power shortage is ...