ADB Says Hydropower Growth Won’t Match Need for Oil, Coal
Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). … Using baseline figures from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the ADB predicted that Cambodia’s energy self-sufficiency would decrease from more than 70 percent in 2010 to 52.2 percent by 2035. In 2010, the equivalent energy of 5.21 megatons of oil was needed to power Cambodia—including everything from automobiles to domestic electricity supplies to cooking—according to the figures, which were provided after the workshop by the ADB. …
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