Border provinces request more energy from Thailand
Thailand had been asked to supply more electricity to those Cambodian provinces close to the shared border, according to officials. Suy Sem, Cambodian minister of Industry, Mine and Energy, talked to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Thai Minister Arak Chonlatanon last week, a day after ASEAN energy ministers’ meeting in Phnom Penh. He suggested an increase of electrical power supply from the current 80 to 90 megawatts up to 120 megawatts through the Poipet international border tranmission station to supply Banteay Meanchey, Battambang and Siem Reap provinces. Sem also suggested to increase the supply to Koh Kong province from its current four megawatts to 11 megawatts. … According to the Project Report by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Cambodia’s energy consumption is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.2 per cent between 2009 and 2035. …
