Cambodia to get more energy from Thailand

Thailand has committed to supplying additional energy to provinces on the Thai-Cambodia border, an official says. Tun Lean, director of the General Energy Department at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, said on Monday its Thai counterpart would supply an additional 40 megawatts of energy. … For now, the energy demand is between 38 and 40 megawatts, but in the dry season demand rises to between 45 and 48 megawatts. Korsen said Siem Reap had two grids, from Phnom Penh and from Thailand, and the cost of electricity was 820 riel per kilowatt-hour. …

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