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International Donors Call for Redesign of Sesan 2 Hydro Dam
- 4 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Energy / European Union aid / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Cambodia-Laos border / Cambodian border / construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / donors / Electricity / energy / Energy policy and administration / environmental impact assessment / EU / European Union aid / Fish / fish migration / fish stock / fisheries / foreign aid / hydropower / hydropower dam / Infrastructure / International Donors / International Rivers / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong River Commission / Mekong River tributaries / MRC / Renewable Energy / reservoir / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / sediment flow / Sesan district / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / US / World Bank / Xayaburi dam
International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambodian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province that environmentalists say will deplete fisheries and submit it to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) for consultation. In ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/international-donors-call-for-redesign-of-sesan-2-hydro-dam-33311/
Lao dam unapproved yet under way: NGO
- 27 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 1995 Mekong Agreement / Cambodia National Mekong Committee secretary-general / Cambodian-Lao border / CNMC / conservationists / construction / dam construction / Dams / Don Sahong dam / ecosystem / EIA / Electricity / energy / environmental impact assessment / fish migratory systems / fisheries / Infrastructure / International Rivers / Khone Falls / Laos / Mega First Corporation Bhd / Mekong / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / Mekong river Ecosystem / MFCB / MRC / MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment / Pianporn Deetes / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766515/National/lao-dam-unapproved-yet-under-way-ngo.html
Mekong Dams Could Be a Threat to Cambodia’s Food Security
- 27 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- aquaculture / construction / Dams / Danish Development Agency / Electricity / energy / Fish / fisheries / fishing yields / food security / hydroelectric dams / hydropower / Hydropower dams / Infrastructure / Inland Fisheries Research and Development / kratie / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / natural resources / Oxfam Australia / Phnom Penh / Sambor / Sambor dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng dam / Stung Treng Province / WWF
The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-could-be-threat-to-cambodias-food-security-32202/
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
- 26 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Hydropower dams / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Pollution and waste / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
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Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Facing Chinese Dam, Monks Fight for Temple
Monks residing in Koh Kong’s remote Areng Valley have begun raising funds online to renovate their local temple, despite plans in store for a large Chinese backed hydropower dam that would leave the site completely inundated. The 108-MW hydropower dam, to be built by ...
Kuch Naren and Kene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/facing-chinese-dam-monks-fight-for-temple-31987/
Renewable energy course powers up
- 13 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Solar power
- alternative energy / Australian aid / Department of Physics / education / energy / Engineers Without Borders / higher education / hydro-power / Phillip Hamer / physics course / Renewable Energy / Renewable Energy Systems / Royal University of Phnom Penh / RUPP / Solar / World Bank
Instructors at the Royal University of Phnom Penh have just finished the first academic year of a landmark physics course. Launched in the fall of 2012, “Renewable Energy and Applications” aims to train students so they can seek internships and jobs in one of Cambodia’s fastest-growing ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061366236/Business/renewable-energy-course-powers-up.html
Dam firm violated law
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- Ame Trandem / China Huaneng Group / China’s national auditor / Chinese aid / Chinese law / dam / Dams / Danson Cheong / EIA / Electricity / energy / Environment Impact Assessment / food security / Huaneng / Huangdeng hydropower station / Hydrolancang / Hydrolancang International Energy / hydropower / hydropower dam / International Rivers / Ith Praing / Kith Meng / Laos / Lower Sesan 2 dam / May Titthara / Mekong and 3S Hydropower Dams forum / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Ministry of Industry / Phnom Penh / power projects / reservoir / Royal Group / sesan / Srepok rivers / Stung Treng / Thailand / Xayaburi dam
The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
Hun Sen Says Water, Power Shortages to Stay
- 5 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-water-power-shortages-to-stay-29063/
ADB Says Hydropower Growth Won’t Match Need for Oil, Coal
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Using baseline figures from the Institute ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-says-hydropower-growth-wont-match-need-for-oil-coal-28794/
Try Pheap given OK to harvest yellow vine
- 4 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Pollution and waste / Public land lease / Renewable energy production / Social development
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Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the Stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466045/National/try-pheap-given-ok-to-harvest-yellow-vine.html
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Brou ethnic minority / Chaing Rai / Chaing Rai province / Chinese dams / Chinese embassy / Chinese Embassy in Thailand / compensation / dam construction / dam development / Dams / ecosystems / EIAs / Electricity / electricity production / energy / environmental impact assessments / environmentalism / evictions / Fish / fisheries / flooding / Hydrolangcang International Energy Company / hydropower / Hydropower dams / hydropower development / indigenous people / International Rivers / involuntary resettlement / Langcang River / Lower Mekong Region / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong Lanna network / Mekong Lanna network coordinator Somsak Tiyata / Mekong region / Mekong river / NGO Forum / Phnom Penh / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Relocation / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Group / Royal Group Cambodia / Royal Group Conglomerate / Royal Group of Companies / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / transparency / tributaries / Veun sai district / Yali Falls dam
About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/
ADB advises region to combine grids
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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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 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165966/Business/adb-advises-region-to-combine-grids.html
Cambodia scores high marks for renewable energy
- 29 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MjRiYTU0NzYyNTR
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
- 26 May 2013
- The Gulf Times
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / The poor / Water resources
- 3S Basin / 3S Rivers Protection Network / 3S Rivers Protection Network co-ordinator Meach Mean / Ame Trandem / animal protein / animal protein consumption / biodiversity / Cambodian Government / Chinese aid / Chinese hydropower companies / Dams / Electricity / energy / Feasibility studies / fish highways / fish productivity / fish stocks / fisheries / food security / Forests / freshwater fishery / hydropower / Indigenous Communities / indigenous people / International Rivers / Laos / livestock / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Meach Mean / Mekong river / Minister of Industry Mines and Energy Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Myanmar / national election / PNAS / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / River Mekong Basin / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment transportation / Sekong river / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srepok River / tributaries / WorldFish Center
For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Massive Power Outage Triggered by Falling Tree
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Trade
- EdC / Ḗlectricité du Viet Nam / Electricity / Electricity blackouts / Electricity of Cambodia / electricity shortage / electricity supply / Eletricite du Cambodge / EVN / national electricity grid / Phnom Penh / power lines / Southern Power Corporation / Than Nien / Than Nien newspaper / Tourism / Vietnam Electricity Group / water / water shortage
A massive power outage that left large areas of Phnom Penh without electricity and water and plunged southern Vietnam into darkness on Wednesday was caused by a crane operator knocking a tree onto a high voltage power line, Vietnam’s state-owned energy provider said yesterday. “A ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-power-outage-triggered-by-falling-tree-26557/
Rain Provides Small Respite for Families in Koh Kong Drought
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Disasters / Drought / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Cham Yeam reservoir / construction / Dang Tong commune / Khemara Phoumint City / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Ly Yong Yong Phat / MIME / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Mondol Seima district / Pitch Si Yun / reservoir / reservoir project / reservoir site / Reservoirs / Smach Meanchey commune / Ta Phorn waterfall / water / water channels / water shortage / water supply
Several days of rain have finally brought relief to hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khemara Phoumint City who had been without water for two weeks because the reservoir that provides their supply dried up during hot season. LYP Group, a company owned by ...
Vietnam Power Failure Hits Phnom Penh
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Imports / Phnom Penh / Renewable energy production / Trade
- Blackouts / Electricity / electricity imports / electricity supply / Eletricite du Cambodge / energy / Ho Chi Minh City / Keo Sovannarith / national electricity supply / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority deputy director Keo Sovannarith / Southern Power Corporation / Tourism / transmission lines / water / water pipes / water pumping station / water shortage / water supply / water supply factory
A massive power outage Wednesday in Southern Vietnam brought rolling blackouts that lasted for hours to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire southeastern region of Vietnam and large sections of Phnom Penh. Vietnam’s state-owned Southern Power Corporation said Wednesday that the problem occurred around 2 p.m. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-power-failure-hits-phnom-penh-26121/
CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract
- 13 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- coal / coal-fired power plants / Council of Ministers / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / Dams / Electricity / electricity grid / government contract / hydropower / Hydropower dams / KK Power Company / Koh Kong / Kompong Cham / kratie / Ly Yong Phat / LYP Group / LYP Group Co. Ltd. / Mondulkiri / national electricity grid / national grid / Phnom Penh / power lines / power plants / Power Transmission / Power transmission lines / power transmission network / power transmission systems / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ratanakkiri / Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company / Stung Treng / Thailand
The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to install power lines in Cambodia’s eastern provinces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, senior officials including Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/
Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
- 10 May 2013
- DW
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- 3S network / 3S rivers / Ame Trandem / Ame Trandem program director International Rivers / Electricity / electricity grid / electricity shortages / Eric Baran / Fish / fish yields / fisheries / food security / hydroelectric dams / Hydropower dams / Hyrdopower / Infrastructure / International Rivers / irrigation / Lower Mekong Basin / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / migratory fish / Mine and Energy Suy Sem / Minister of Industry / national electricity grid / PANAS / PANAS Report / relocation sites / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment flows / Sesan river / Srekor / Srekor village / Srepok River / Suy Sem / tributary dams / tributary rivers / UN Millennium Development Goals / US journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton / WorldFish / WorldFish senior researcher Eric Baran
Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
Ratanakkiri Hydropower Dams Deemed Economically Viable
- 9 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S River Protection Network / Andong Meas / Andong Meas district / Chinese aid / Chum Ngil / Dams / Department of Industry Mines Energy / District Governor Chum Ngil / EIA / Geographic Survey and Environmental Impact Assessment / Hem Vanthorn / Huadian Hong Kong Co. Ltd / hydroelectricity / Hydropower dams / Hydropower Dams Feasibility Studies / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Lower Sesan 3 Dam / Meach Mean / MIME / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Provincial Director Hem Vanthorn / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Replacement Compensation Schemes / Sinohydro Group / Social and Environmental Implications of Dams / Srepok 3 Dam / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Veun Sai / Veun sai district
Two massive hydropower dams planned for the Mekong’s tributaries in Ratanakkiri province have been deemed economically viable by two feasibility studies conducted by a pair of giant Chinese conglomerates, a provincial industry, mines and energy official said yesterday. Despite the feasibility studies having been completed, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-hydropower-dams-deemed-economically-viable-23116/
Work Begins on Controversial Cambodian Dam
- 7 May 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
- "The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" / Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Dams / Eric Baran / Farmland / Fish / fisheries / food security / German aid / hydropower / hydropower projects / inland fisheries / International Rivers Southeast Asia Program Director Ame Trandem / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / marine sector / Mekong river / national election / Relocation / relocation sites / Reservoirs / Se San River / sediment / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srekor village / Srepok River / U.S. / US / WorldFish
As work begins on Cambodia’s biggest dam, those advocating against its construction have warned that the region’s rush for hydropower will have a disastrous effect on millions of people who rely on the Mekong River to survive. Last month, workers began preparing an area in northeastern ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/work-begins-on-controversial-hydropower-dam/1656035.html
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
- 3 May 2013
- Channel News Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Rubber / Water resources
- deforestation / hydroelectric project / Junta Rules / Laos / Laos’s Xayaburi dam / Mangroves / Mekong forest / Mekong region / Mekong river / Mekong river Ecosystem / Myanmar / rice / rice paddy / Rubber plantation / Southeast Asia / Southern Mekong Sections / Thailand / wildlife / WWF / Xayaburi dam
BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mekong-forest-facing-sharp-decline-wwf/661574.html
Hun Sen Demands Answers to Sihanoukville Water Shortage
- 29 April 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Water resources
- Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / Hun Sen / Kbal Chhay / Kbal Chhay Waterfall / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Preah Sihanouk Province / Prek Tup Lake / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Provincial Governor Sboang Sarath / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville Autonomous Port / Sihanoukville SEZ / tourism industry / tourism sector / water pipes network / water shortages / water supply
Prime Minister Hun Sen chastised local authorities in Preah Sihanouk province on Friday for their inability to prevent a water shortage in early April that crippled businesses in the tourist hub of Sihanoukville and left locals without running water for almost a week. The incident ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-demands-answers-to-water-shortage-20480/
ADB supports integration of regional energy systems
- 26 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Multilateral development assistance / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- ADB / ADB Laos senior economist Soulinthone Leuangkhamsing / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Chinese aid / CO2 emissions / Electricity / fossil fuel imports / Greater Mekong Sub-region / hydropower / Laos / power transmission systems / regional power grid connection / regional power grid connectivity / Thailand
Countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region can save US$14 billion over the next 20 years if they integrate their power transmission systems, according to a senior official from the Asian Development Bank. A regional power grid connection would enable countries with hydro-power plants to export energy ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZGE3NWI5YWNjYTV