Energy
Electricity production
Villages no longer dark
The Cambodian government is on track to provide electricity to all villages in the Kingdom by 2020 as this year’s seven-month data, from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, indicate that 71 percent of rural areas now have regular power supply. Ith Praing, secretary of state ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28315/villages-no-longer-dark/
Siemens urges gov’t to boost power grid
Cambodia needs to focus on solidifying its national grid and shoring up its energy efficiency and transmission lines before expanding into more costly renewable technology, a visiting executive of German engineering giant Siemens said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siemens-urges-govt-boost-power-grid
River of change: Hydropower dams and the Mekong River’s uncertain future
From the snowy plateaus of Tibet to the mountain gorges of China’s Yunnan province and beyond to the jungled borders of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and down to the plains of Cambodia and paddy fields of Vietnam – the Mekong River is of crucial importance to ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/river-of-change-hydropower-dams-and-the-mekong-river-uncertain-future/3436827.html
China firm now eyes power lines
The Beijing-based PowerChina Resources Limited (PCR), a shareholder of Sinohydro Kamchay Hydroelectric Project Co. Ltd, which developed the Kamchay hydroelectric dam in Kampot, expressed its interest in building electricity transmission lines in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27263/china-firm-now-eyes-power-lines/
Dam problem not discussed by Laos, Cambodia leaders
The controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam was off the agenda again during the second day of talks between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his newly appointed Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday, despite international calls to halt construction and survey the dam’s environmental impact. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26630/dam-problem-not-discussed-by-laos--cambodia-leaders/
Making villages see the light
More than 60 percent of rural homes in the Kingdom will have electricity by the end of this month and all villages in the country will no longer be engulfed in pitch darkness at night when they are connected to the national grid by 2020. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26423/making-villages-see-the-light/
Special economic zone taps into solar power
Phnom Penh SEZ launched its Clean Energy Initiative yesterday, inaugurating two new solar power systems to supply electricity for water pumps on the 357-hectare industrial park. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/special-economic-zone-taps-solar-power
Renewables receive $30M funding boost
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has received $30 million in funding from the Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low-Income Countries Program (SREP) – an arm of the global Climate Investment Funds initiative – for a solar energy development program that includes home systems, mini-grids ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/renewables-receive-30m-funding-boost
Don sahong vs dolphins: how the dam is affecting local residents
Dam Chan handed over the food in exchange for riel as she described hearing the loud bangs of dynamite in the distance. The 55-year-old has farmed and sold food in Preah Rumkel commune her entire life and is concerned about the future of her home ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26037/don-sahong-vs-dolphins--how-the-dam-is-affecting-local-residents/
Russian nuclear agency bullish on Asean outlook
Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear-energy agency, is bullish on the outlook of its business in Southeast Asia after the speedy development of a project in Vietnam and a range of agreements with every country in the region except Singapore, the Philippines and Brunei. ...
Achara Deboonme
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Russian-nuclear-agency-bullish-on-Asean-outlook-30287441.html
Laos dam, poison blamed in Stung Treng fish deaths
Hundreds of kilograms of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Mekong in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district in the past month, and while environmental activists blame construction of the controversial Don Sahong dam upstream, officials yesterday said the fish are being ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laos-dam-poison-blamed-stung-treng-fish-deaths
Dam protesters to meet with officials
Residents from six villages in Oddar Meanchey’s Chong Kal district can now get some respite from the construction of a hydropower dam they claimed was encroaching on their land. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25574/dam-protesters-to-meet-with-officials/
Mekong dam a threat to rare dolphins - and villagers too
The Don Sahong hydroelectric dam threatens the last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River – as well as the livelihoods of the people downstream in Cambodia, who depend heavily on the river’s resources. ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Mekong-dam-a-threat-to-rare-dolphins--and-villager-30286974.html
Cambodia and Thailand edging closer to nuclear power
Step by step, Cambodia and Thailand are edging towards nuclear power generation as the region hunts for vast, stable power sources to fuel rapid development and improve the livelihoods of growing populations. ...
Tan Hui Yee
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cambodia-and-thailand-edging-closer-to-nuclear-power
Dam firm hasn’t made good on pledge: locals
Some 100 people from five villages in Oddar Meanchey’s Chongkal district protested over the weekend against a hydropower dam project built by Chinese firm Sinohydro, claiming they have yet to be compensated for their eventual displacement when the flood gates close in the next few ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-firm-hasnt-made-good-pledge-locals
Group demands Don Sahong investigation
An environmental youth group has asked the National Assembly’s head of the Environment and Water Resource Commission, Pol Hom, to visit and investigate the pollution that will be caused by construction of Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24811/group-demands-don-sahong-investigation/
China-funded power transmission lines inaugurated in southern Cambodia
A China-funded power transmission system in the length of 100 km was inaugurated here on Thursday after four years of construction, officials said. ...
Hua Xia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/28/c_135320033.htm
China’s solar companies eye ASEAN
With Southeast Asian nations struggling to produce enough energy to drive their economies, some of China’s leading solar companies are looking for investment opportunities in the region. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24244/china---s-solar-companies-eye-asean/
SEZs starting to see the light of solar energy
Despite a precipitous drop in the start-up costs of solar energy, Cambodia’s biggest industrial parks are sticking to high-cost grid and fuel-generated electricity, claiming that when it comes to attracting foreign manufacturers, a stable power supply trumps a cheaper electricity bill. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sezs-starting-see-light-solar-energy
Angkor beer maker called out over Don Sahong dam
Environmental activists yesterday renewed their calls for Angkor Beer maker Cambrew to clarify its director’s relationship with the controversial Don Sahong dam currently under construction in southern Laos. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-beer-maker-called-out-over-don-sahong-dam
French firm proposes two green energy plants
France’s Groupe Quadran has proposed building an electricity plant in Phnom Penh fired by waste and a solar plant in Siem Reap province. The Ministry of Tourism yesterday welcomed the proposal, saying it will help keep Cambodia clean. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23964/french-firm-proposes-two-green-energy-plants/
Gov't thanks Chinese for keeping dam open
Phnom Penh has welcomed a decision by China to continue releasing water into the Mekong from the Jinhong Dam – even though it is likely to do little to alleviate drought conditions. ...
Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-thanks-chinese-keeping-dam-open
Mekong dams not cause of drought, prime minister says
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday disputed the idea that water shortages along the Mekong River have been exacerbated by two massive hydropower dams being developed by Laos, saying the drought currently afflicting much of mainland Southeast Asia was caused only by “the sky.” ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-not-cause-of-drought-pm-says-111220/
Sky Land and Dutch kamworks sign $12.5 million solar deal
SKY LAND and Netherlands-based Kamworks company have signed a $12.5 million agreement to supply 5 megawatts of solar power to a project in the Vihear Sour special economic zone by the 7NG development group. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23801/sky-land-and-dutch-kamworks-sign--12-5-million-solar-deal/