Koh Kong dam online since late last year

11 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
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Ame Trandem / China Huadian Corporation / Chinese aid / Electricite du Cambodge / International Rivers’ Southeast Asia / Le Jianhua / LICADHO / Stung Russey Chrum / United Nations

Cambodia’s largest hydropower plant to date, the Stung Russey Chrum, is operational. The 338-megawatt dam, located in Koh Kong’s Mondul Sima district forest, produced and transmitted electricity to Phnom Penh last month, according to its developer, China Huadian Corporation. “It is the biggest and best dam we have built in Cambodia,” Le Jianhua, deputy general manager of the project, said. Le said the $496 million plant was successfully completed ahead of schedule in late 2013, and has already sold 1,900 million kilowatt hours to Electricite du Cambodge. …

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