Cambodia embraces dirty energy fearing drought-driven shortages
Successive droughts in recent years have caused a power crisis in Cambodia, prompting the government to rapidly invest in and build coal and oil plants.
Clean tech an ‘urgent need’ in Cambodia’s climate battle
Cambodia reiterated its commitment to developing policies and stimulating clean technology use to ensure energy security, and deliver a more affordable and sustainable energy future by reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.
Cleaning up Cambodia’s kitchens could curb deforestation, climate change
Sim Saran spent years navigating the badly ventilated traditional kitchen of her small family home in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province. Choking on acrid smoke daily, she found it hard to breathe as she cooked for her family of six over a wood fire, just as past generations had done. “I know it’s smoky, but I […]
100mW solar project a blueprint worth following in future: ADB
Cambodia’s National Solar Park Project, a 100 megawatt (mW) project, which will be the largest to date in the Kingdom, is expected to be completed by early 2022.
Cambodia gold production starts at nation’s first commercial mine
Cambodia entered the ranks of the world’s gold producers with the start of output in the Okvau region of Keo Seima district in Modulkiri province where Australian mining company, Renaissance Minerals, has carried out 14 years of exploration and research. Its Cambodian subsidiary aims to produce three tonnes of pure gold a year over an […]
Kingdom’s sustainable energy plans may be empowered as oil and gas industries stumble
Cambodia’s plans to develop sustainable energy generation may get a boost from international investors eyeing the region for opportunities. Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp has just announced plans to develop Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm in neighbouring Laos. It is investing in Impact Energy Asia Development Ltd (IEAD), through its Hong Kong subsidiary Diamond Generating Asia Ltd.
First commercial gold mine online
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd on June 21 began the commercial operation of its $120 million Okvau Gold Project in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri, becoming the Kingdom’s first gold producer.
Cambodia promotes green transportation to save energy
Cambodia is boosting its transport sector to sustainable transport by reducing the use of fuel-run vehicles to green transport that uses electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce operating costs and avoid greenhouse gas emissions.
