Energy

Looking to increase water access

More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WaterSHED, an NGO funded by USAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia and the Stone Family Foundation. According ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092858982/Business/next-step-increasing-access-to-clean-water.html

100 Kg of Fish Killed by 6-ton Chemical Spill

An estimated 100 kg of fish were killed and about 1,000 villagers were told not to drink from a stream that was contaminated with 6 tons of an unknown chemical substance in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday night, police said. A truck carrying 22 containers of ...

Cambodia eyes domestic oil production, refinery for energy security: official

Cambodia is working on three fronts to improve its energy security and supply, including the development of its first oil-producing asset, looking for ways to resolve a disagreement over disputed territory in the Gulf of Thailand, and studying the economic viability of building its own ...

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/7105582

Southeast Asian scientists look to reinvent the flush toilet

Scientists in Bangkok are about to start work on a new flush toilet especially designed for the urban poor in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Their aim is to create a toilet that will process wastewater in family homes and convert it into gas or electricity, ...

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/southeast-asian-scientists-look-to-reinvent-the-flush-toilet

Biomass is more than energy

Rural Cambodian communities are seeing economic benefits as a result of a biomass and farming resilience project run by GERES, a French NGO. As part of the AREA project, 200 households in Kampong Chhnang province are growing 22 varieties of trees to negate the effects of ...

Erika Mudie, P. 10
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biomass-benefit-rural-cambodia

Japanese investors looking to Cambodia

Prime Minister Hun Sen received a visiting delegation of Japanese investors on Friday, according to the national news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse. Led by Fujino Takashi from the Keidanren Japan Business Federation and a member of the Board of Directors at Asahi Glass, the delegation’s visit ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091858774/Business/japanese-investors-meet-with-pm-amid-growing-opportunities.html

Cambodia spends 1 bln USD for oil imports in 7 months

Cambodia had spent 1 billion U. S. dollars to buy petroleum from foreign suppliers in the first seven months of this year, up 22 percent from 817 million U.S. dollars at the same period a year ago, a report of the Commerce Ministry showed Saturday. The ...

http://www.dap-news.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9579:cambodia-spends-1-bln-usd-for-oil-imports-in-7-months-&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=18

Border provinces request more energy from Thailand

Thailand had been asked to supply more electricity to those Cambodian provinces close to the shared border, according to officials. Suy Sem, Cambodian minister of Industry, Mine and Energy, talked to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Thai Minister Arak Chonlatanon last week, a ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091758750/Business/border-provinces-request-more-energy-from-thailand.html

Cambodia to Buy Power From Laos’ Xayaburi Dam

Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at ...

http://www.ooskanews.com/daily-water-topic/cambodia-buy-power-laos-xayaburi-dam_24348

PTT prepares 800 million baht for expansion into Cambodia, Laos

The PTT Public Company Limited is looking to invest 800 million baht in energy business expansion in Cambodia and Laos in the next five years. The PTT planned to open 4-5 more gas stations in Laos and Cambodia each. The Thai energy giant already has 14 ...

http://www.pattayamail.com/business/ptt-prepares-800-million-baht-for-expansion-into-cambodia-laos-16808

China investment in energy 'crucial' to Cambodia

Cambodian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy on Thursday hailed Chinese companies for hugely investing in the country’s energy sector, which is a key element to support the sustainable social and economic development. Suy Sem’s appreciation was made during a bilateral meeting with Wu Yin, ...

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-09/13/content_15756465.htm

Secretary-General Says Asean to Delay Start of Economic Union

The plan to create an economic union in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will likely see a delay of a year, Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said at the meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers in Phnom Penh. During the meeting, Mr. Surin said ...

Singapore & Cambodia to strengthen energy cooperation, starting with study visit

Singapore and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy. As a first step, a delegation led by a Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy of Cambodia will conduct a study visit to Singapore from 21 to 24 October. The ...

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/singapore-and-cambodia-to-strengthen-energy-cooperation-starting-with-study-visit

Villagers Save Pond From Being Filled

Approximately 400 people from 10 villages in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district stopped a truck on Monday that had been hired to fill in a pond in preparation for the reported building of a military police base, officials said. Thuon Nging, a representative of the ...

Kaing Menghun, P. 18
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/

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