Cambodian PM praises China as key contributor to country’s infrastructure, electricity development
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said more than 3,000 km of national roads and eight large-scale river bridges in Cambodia have been built with China’s financial support, adding that Chinese-invested hydropower plants have played a crucial role in securing electricity security in the kingdom.
Angkor Resources Undertakes Inspection and Assessment of Offshore Cambodian Oil Field
Executive VP Operations of Angkor, and President of EnerCam, Mike Weeks, at the request of government officials of Ministry of Energy in the Kingdom of Cambodia, has led a technical assessment and inspection of the offshore production facilities and drilling platform, located 160 kms from Sihanoukville at the offshore oil field in the Khmer Basin […]
Pestech inks deal to collaborate on green hydrogen production from hydro plants
Pestech International Bhd has inked a deal to collaborate on green hydrogen production from hydro power plants in Cambodia and Malaysia. In a bourse filing on Tuesday (May 24), Pestech said it entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hydrogène De France SA (HDF Energy).
Soaring global fuel prices: an opportunity for Cambodia?
Cambodia is feeling the squeeze from the soaring global coal and oil prices. Electricity du Cambodge (EDC)would certainly be hurting from this reality, and most likely re-assessing its plans to add more coal power stations.
Cambodian biomass power plant on track to go online by July
A major rice husk biomass power plant in south-eastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July. Designed to contribute to the Kingdom’s emission reduction efforts, the plant broke ground on December 8, 2021, in collaboration with Singapore-based Berkeley Energy Commercial and Industrial Solutions (BECIS), with capital […]
Electric vehicles: On the road to sustainable mobility in Cambodia and beyond
Electric cars (EVs) are taking the world by storm – an electric storm. In 2020, according to the International Energy Agency, there were more than 10 million electric cars on the roads – a 43 percent increase over 2019. Quite notably, during a period when overall new car registrations fell because of the pandemic, global […]
Senior transport authorities call on Cambodians to embrace EVs
The minister said that, with the assistance of the UN Development Programme, the ministry would now look to install charging kiosks in Battambang and Siem Reap provinces.
Cambodian suppliers reduce energy and water use
Garment factories in Cambodia have reduced their energy and water consumption with support from the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Cambodia Improvement Programme (CIP).
