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O&M contract for 200 MW Cambodian power plant signed with MAN PrimeServ

MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions, has signed a five-year service agreement for a new 200 MW power plant near Phnom Penh. ...

 Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50783186/om-contract-for-200-mw-cambodian-power-plant-signed-with-man-primeserv/

Two new power plants planned

21 September 2016
Khmer Times
Electricity production / Ministry of Tourism / Phnom Penh / Renewable energy production / Siem Reap / Solar power
power plants / Quadran International / Shanghai SUS Environment / solar plant / Thong Khon

Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the ...

 Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29970/two-new-power-plants-planned/

Cambodia, next powerhouse for Asean investors

13 July 2013
The Gulf Times
Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Tourism / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
Agriculture & Agri-business / airline / aquaculture / ASEAN / ASEAN countries / Chinese aid / Doha / Economics / energy / farming industry / foreign exchange / garment sector / GDP / Gross Domestic Product / Gulf of Thailand / Ho Chi Minh City / Infrastructure / international relations / Investment / Japanese aid / labour / Laos / livestock farming / manufacturing / Maritime Transport / mining / Myanmar / oil and gas / Ooredoo company / Philippines / Phnom Penh / power plants / Qatar Airways / Qatar Foundation / Qatar Museum Authority / Qatari Minister of Business and Trade / QMA / Qtel / Reach Out To Asia / ROTA / South Korean aid / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Tourism / Trade / World Bank

The success Qatar’s Ooredoo had with being issued a mobile phone licence in Myanmar is an encouraging development for Middle East investors who are looking into the possibility of entering a venture or opening a business in Southeast Asia. Let’s take a look at Cambodia. ...

http://www.gulf-times.com/business/191/details/359376/cambodia,-next-powerhouse-for-asean-investors

Call for More Investment in Infrastructure

As much as $16 billion of investment is needed in Cambodia over the next decade if the country’s infrastructure is to keep up with the pace of economic growth, according to a regional think tank. At a seminar in Phnom Penh on Thuesday, Jakarta-based Economic Research ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/call-for-more-investment-in-infrastructure-33737/

Thailand, Cambodia Recommit to Border Growth

12 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Land / Logging and timber / Minerals and mineral products / Trade
Battambang / Battambang Province / borders / Cambodia / Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong / coal / coal power plants / construction / economic zones / Electricity / energy / Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong / Hor Namhong / illegal border crossing / illegal logging / Infrastructure / international checkpoints / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koy Kuong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong / Oddar Meanchey Province / Phnom Penh / power plants / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Pursat and Oddar Meanchey / Pursat Province / rail connections / Railways / road connections / roads / SEZs / Special Economic Zones / Surapong Tovichahchaikul / Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul / Thai-Cambodian border / Thailand / Trade

The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh yesterday reconfirming their commitment to developing their joint border with new economic zones, checkpoints and a 1,800-MW power plant. “We have agreed to create four international checkpoints to improve trade ...

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CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract

13 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
coal / coal-fired power plants / Council of Ministers / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / Dams / Electricity / electricity grid / government contract / hydropower / Hydropower dams / KK Power Company / Koh Kong / Kompong Cham / kratie / Ly Yong Phat / LYP Group / LYP Group Co. Ltd. / Mondulkiri / national electricity grid / national grid / Phnom Penh / power lines / power plants / Power Transmission / Power transmission lines / power transmission network / power transmission systems / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ratanakkiri / Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company / Stung Treng / Thailand

The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to install power lines in Cambodia’s eastern provinces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, senior officials including Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on the ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/

No Power Leads to No Water In Sihanoukville

2 April 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Sihanoukville / Water resources
Anco Brothers / Anco Brothers Co LTD / Anco Water Supply Co. Ltd. manager Ngy Sun / Anco Water Supply Co.Ltd / Budweiser beer / CPP Senator Kok An / diesel fuel / EdC / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity shortages / Evian mineral water / Kandal / Kandal Province / Kbal Chhay / Kbal Chhay Waterfall / Kok An / MIME / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Ngy Sun / Phnom Penh / power grid / power plants / Prack Chanroeun / Prek Tup Lake / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Sihanoukville provincial department of industry mines and energy director Prak Chanroeun / Taxes / Thailand / transmission lines / water pipes / water pipes network / water shortages

The water shortage that has led to tens of thousands of households in Sihanoukville without running water for the past week occurred after provincial officials decided to limit power to a water pumping facility operated by the tourist town’s privately-owned distributor, a manager at the ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-power-leads-to-no-water-in-sihanoukville-16858/

Hun Sen Says Cambodia Is Not Ready for Nuclear Power

30 October 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Generation and distribution facilities
Anti-nuclear activists / Council for the Development of Cambodia / energy / Koh Kong / nuclear power / nuclear power plant / Power Generation / power plants / power supply / Prime Minister Hun Sen / regional development / Sun Chanthol / Thailand

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday denied giving the green light for a neighboring country to construct an electricity-generating nuclear power plant in Cambodia, saying it would be too dangerous. Senior Minister and Vice Chairman for the Council for the Development of Cambodia Sun Chanthol said ...