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New solar powered lights for Cambodia

Cambodia’s energy sector acquired a new product yesterday with the introduction of solar powered lights from energy company Total, advancing it toward a longer term solution to meeting the population’s energy needs. An industry player described the products as a nice bridge toward seeing Cambodia supplied with ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/new-solar-powered-product-launched.html

Vietnam Confirms Stake in Sesan Dam Bought by Chinese Firm

A representative of Vietnamese state-owned electricity giant Electricity Vietnam International (EVNI) confirmed yesterday that their stake in a dam project in Stung Treng province has been bought out by their Cambodian and Chinese business counterparts. While Royal Group chairman Kith Meng has maintained that EVNI still ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/vietnam-confirms-stake-in-sesan-dam-bought-by-chinese-firm-6589/

Chinese officials to dam site

China has reportedly dispatched embassy officials to investigate a major breach at the Chinese-built Stung Atai dam in Pusat province on Saturday, which swept away four men, three of whom are still missing. Yang Tian Yue, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, told local ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com

One Safe, Three Missing in Hydrodam Accident

PHNOM PENH – Authorities are searching for three missing construction workers at a Chinese hydroelectric dam in Pursat province, after pipes burst there on Saturday, causing a flash flood. One man, who had been fishing nearby and was thought missing, has been found “safe and alive” ...

http://www.voacambodia.com/content/one-safe-three-missing-in-hydrodam-accident/1557685.html

National Electricity Provider Warns of Dry-Season Power Cuts

The national electricity provider has warned residents in Phnom Penh and in Kompong Speu and Kandal provinces to expect power outages in the coming months as supply would likely fall short of demand throughout the dry season. In a statement issued Friday, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-electricity-provider-warns-of-dry-season-power-cuts-6384/

Four feared dead in Cambodia dam accident

According to Veal Veng district police chief Theang Leng, the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, apparently after heavy water pressure caused part of the Stung Atay dam’s reservoir to collapse. “Four people are missing. We fear they have drowned but this is not sure yet,” he ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-03/an-cambodia-dam/4403764

Dam collapse in Cambodia leaves four workers missing

Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay ...

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/121202/dam-collapse-cambodia-leaves-four-workers-missing

Electricity Vietnam No Longer Involved in Lower Sesan 2 Dam

Electricity Vietnam International (EVNI), a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-owned electricity giant EVN, is no longer involved in the Lower Sesan 2 dam, a Vietnamese Embassy official confirmed yesterday. Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group and China’s Hydrolancang International Energy Co. Ltd. on Monday signed an agreement in Phnom ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electricity-vietnam-no-longer-involved-in-lower-sesan-2-dam-6363/

Millions Threatened by Dam in Stung Treng

More studies should be conducted on the controversial Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province in order to understand its potential social and environmental effects, Conservation International (C.I.) said in a statement. The Lower Sesan 2-as well as other dams planned for the Sesan, Srepok ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com

China's Aid to Cambodia Helps Cement Ties

When Asia-Pacific leaders gather this weekend in Southeast Asia—a bright spot in a sputtering global economy—their Cambodian hosts may extend a warm welcome to U.S. President Barack Obama, but they will view officials from Beijing as old friends. Mr. Obama’s visit to Cambodia—this year’s host for ...

Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578120582308358540.html

Vietnam asks Laos to review impacts of hydropower dam

Viet Nam has urged Laos to continue its research on the environmental impacts of the planned Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River. Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi made the statement at a regular press briefing in Ha Noi yesterday when answering a question ...

http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OWVjODM0Y2U1ZWE2Y2UyMGNhN2YyOGFkNTU1NDkx

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