Cambodia scores high marks for renewable energy

Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass and hydropower was among the fastest in the world between 1990 and 2010. … The report found that 73.3 percent of Cambodia’s total final energy consumption came from renewable energy in 2010. Of this, 57.6 percent came from traditional biomass, 15.6 percent from modern biomass and 0.1 percent from hydropower. Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in its total energy mix was more than four times the world average of 3.7 percent. It was also the highest rate in Asia after Sri Lanka (20.4 percent). Other developing countries with higher rates than Cambodia were confined to Latin America, where the average modern biomass share of total energy was 11.5 percent, and sub-Saharan Africa, where the average share was 8.5 percent. Among the developed economies, only Estonia, Finland and Sweden relied on modern biomass more than Cambodia. …

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