Energy
Electricity production
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 ...
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/
Put Don Sahong dam on U.S.-ASEAN agenda, say campaigners
Civil society groups are calling for Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam project to be discussed when Southeast Asian leaders meet with U.S. President Barack Obama next week. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/put-don-sahong-dam-on-us-asean-agenda-say-campaigners/3181748.html
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 ...
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/
Wonder of the aquatic world under threat from plans for Mekong dams
Scientists warn that plans to build dams across Tonlé Sap, south-east Asia’s greatest lake, could be an ecological timebomb threatening the food security of millions. In a few months’ time, monsoon rains will more than quadruple the size of Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap, south-east Asia’s greatest lake ...
Tycoon senator opens up on Thai power deal
Cambodia’s electricity generation reached 2.714 billion kilowatt hours last year, of which 1.851 million KWh was generated by hydro dams and 863.02 million KWh by coal-powered plants. Household access to electricity rose 18.8 percent, compared to 2013, according a report from Cambodia’s Electricity Authority. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19173/tycoon-senator-opens-up-on-thai-power-deal/
Cambodia inaugurates 6th Chinese-built hydropower plant
Cambodia has inaugurated its sixth Chinese-built hydropower plant, bringing the country’s total power supplies by dams of up to 927 megawatts. ...
Kyodo News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/805444/cambodia-inaugurates-6th-chinese-built-hydropower-plant
PM sings hydropower’s praises
Prime Minister Hun Sen stood up for Cambodia’s energy policy yesterday at the inauguration of the Stung Tatai hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, even going so far as to label opponents of hydropower technology “extremists”. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-sings-hydropowers-praises
Cambodia’s energy rising with new hydro plant: officials
The $540 million Tatay River hydropower plant was inaugurated yesterday in Koh Kong, making it the second hydropower plant in the province after the Russei Chrum Krom River plant opened earlier this year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19053/cambodia---s-energy-rising-with-new-hydro-plant--officials/
Cambodia PM stands by hydropower, dismisses critics as 'extremists'
Cambodia’s prime minister defended his government’s energy policy on Wednesday and hit back at environmentalists opposed to hydropower plants by suggesting their electricity be cut off and they should use resin torches instead. ...
Reuters News Staff
http://www.trust.org/item/20151223095104-8zknw