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China dams blamed for exacerbating SE Asia water shortage

As China opened one of its six dams on the upper Mekong River last month to help parched Southeast Asian countries down river cope with a record drought, it was hailed as benevolent water diplomacy. But to critics of hydroelectric dams built on the Mekong over ...

Tran Van Minh and Stephen Wright
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2016/04/04/462555/China-dams.htm

Renewables can replace fossil fuels by 2050: WWF

Cambodia can realistically get 90 per cent of its energy from wind, solar and biomass by 2050, the World Wildlife Federation found in a new report published yesterday. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/renewables-can-replace-fossil-fuels-2050-wwf

UN envoy meets with Sesan villagers to discuss dam site

The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia on Sunday promised villagers in Stung Treng province who are set to be displaced by the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam that she would raise their plight with the government, a village representative said.    ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-meets-with-sesan-villagers-to-discuss-dam-site-110475/

Lower Mekong thirsts for more water

The amount of water that will be released from a Chinese dam until 10 April could be too low to help alleviate drought-stricken South-East Asia. ...

Fatima Arkin
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/water/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water.html

Mekong drought worsens amid doubts over Lao promises

Drought in Southeast Asia is raising concerns in the Cambodian and Vietnamese countryside where salinity levels are rising in the Mekong River and people are skeptical about fresh promises from Laos that it will respect the rights of downstream countries in dam construction. ...

Luke Hunt
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/mekong-drought-worsens-amid-doubts-over-lao-promises/3248924.html

Holdouts reject new offer to leave dam site

More than 90 villagers in Stung Treng province on Tuesday rejected compensation packages for the land they will lose to the under-construction Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam, a local official said. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holdouts-reject-new-offer-to-leave-dam-site-110297/

Cambodian thanks, caution, as China opens Mekong dam

Farmers and development organizations say they welcome the release of water from a hydropower dam on the Mekong River in China, but warn against negative effects if too much is discharged. ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-cambodia-mekong-river-dam/3244377.html

Aust company brings solar to Cambodia

Before dawn breaks, Houk Kymia and Wen Suen begin to make coffee they will later sell on the streets of Phnom Penh, all this aboard their “tuk tuk,” a three-wheeled light delivery van which runs on solar energy and is helping them make a decent ...

AAP
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/breaking-news/aust-company-brings-solar-to-cambodia/news-story/e84739469a3ca67ba332d6213abc5923

Laos vows to limit dam impacts

The head of Laos’ ruling party reportedly pledged to limit the downstream impacts of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam in his meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Vientiane on Saturday. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laos-vows-limit-dam-impacts

More families take deals to vacate dam site

Another 73 families in Stung Treng province have accepted the government’s offer of new land in exchange for the farms they will lose to the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam currently under construction, the second group to take the deal.​ ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-families-take-deals-to-vacate-dam-site-109569/

Mirach finalizing plans for exploration drilling at Cambodia's block D

Mirach Energy Ltd. reported Tuesday that the company is currently finalizing plans to conduct exploration drilling at Block D in Cambodia following the approval by the Cambodians Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to extend the exploration period for the permit till December 2018. ...

Rigzone Staff
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/143316/Mirach_Finalizing_Plans_for_Exploration_Drilling_at_Cambodias_Block_D

Cambodians raise questions about Angkor Beer's involvement in Don Sahong Dam

An attempt by about 100 Cambodian protesters to force the Angkor Beer company to divest its stake in the Don Sahong hydropower plant in Laos fell flat on Friday when company representatives said the brewer has no involvement in the project. ...

Eco-business Team
http://www.eco-business.com/news/cambodians-raise-questions-about-angkor-beers-involvement-in-don-sahong-dam/

Hydro standards ‘below par’, study finds

Chinese money accounts for the overwhelming majority of investment in Cambodia’s anaemic energy sector, but while the government has been happy to take Beijing’s loans for the construction of hydroelectric plants, a study published last month found that such investment came with both ecological and ...

Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hydro-standards-below-par-study-finds

Dam protesters seek intervention by Angkor beer investor

Some 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of Angkor Beer in Phnom Penh on Friday afternoon to protest the construction of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos by a Malaysian company, arguing that an executive connected to both firms should intervene to halt ...

Buth Kimsay and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dam-protesters-seek-intervention-by-angkor-beer-investor-109115/

Aust company brings solar to Cambodia

Before dawn breaks, Houk Kymia and Wen Suen begin to make coffee they will later sell on the streets of Phnom Penh, all this aboard their “tuk tuk,” a three-wheeled light delivery van which runs on solar energy and is helping them make a decent ...

Ricardo Perez-Solero
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/aust-company-brings-solar-to-cambodia/news-story/9490b85707deb72d333f728a12edd9d5

Gov’t urges business to invest in power

The government is calling for more private investment in the energy sector to meet rising demand from households and industry, a senior official from state-owned Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC) said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21856//

Environmental ctivist tried, but verdict delayed

The Koh Kong provincial court has delayed issuing a verdict for an environmental activist charged with illegal logging. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/environmental-activist-tried-but-verdict-delayed/3194984.html

River Coalition of Cambodia: say no to Lao dam

The River Coalition of Cambodia, along with 13 other NGOs, released a letter yesterday requesting Prime Minister Hun Sen demand the Lao government to cancel the construction of their Don Sahong hydropower dam and also pause all hydropower projects along the Mekong River due to ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21318/river-coalition-of-cambodia--say-no-to-lao-dam/

Expert says Mekong pollution will harm ASEAN citizens

Professor of the University of Leeds, UK, Mr. Chheang Vannarith, said that ASEAN citizens, 60 million people directly affected by the conflict environmental Mekong River and ASEAN countries need to cooperate with each other to solve this problem so that the rich and poor gap ...

Sok Khemra
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/hello-voa-expert-says-mekong-pollution-will-harm-asean-citizens-cambodia/3177185.html

Industrial park to install solar energy system

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) has signed an agreement with a Singaporean clean energy firm to install and operate a solar panel system inside the 357-hectare industrial park, the company said yesterday in a press release. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industrial-park-install-solar-energy-system

China drives water cooperation with Mekong countries

China is more closely involved in cross-border cooperation on hydropower and water management after the six countries that share the Mekong River signed a landmark agreement late last year. ...

Sebastian Biba
http://www.eco-business.com/news/china-drives-water-cooperation-with-mekong-countries/

New body to address Sesan dam concerns

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has created a committee to resolve compensation and resettlement issues for 1,000 families displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province. ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-body-address-sesan-dam-concerns

Solar power in the spotlight

The government should invest more in sustainable energy, with a focus on solar power, experts told a conference on energy security yesterday, adding that this could reduce Cambodia’s dependence on large-scale hydropower projects and coal-fired plants. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20291/solar-power-in-the-spotlight/

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