Cambodia steps up fight against climate change
PHNOM PENH, 8 April 2019 – Considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change, the Royal Government of Cambodia is taking major steps to improve its resilience and reduce its disaster risk with support from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. To build Cambodia’s resilience and […]
Chinese construction rush aggravates Cambodia’s electricity shortage
Amid chronic blackouts, the Cambodian People’s Party government is getting poor marks for energy planning. © Reuters PHNOM PENH — Regular power blackouts are plaguing Cambodia where the national grid is starved by drought-stricken hydropower plants and stressed by booming demand from heavy Chinese investment in the construction sector. Power shortages have caused weeks of scheduled […]
Ministry says Cambodia will have to export its oil
Lacking the infrastructure needed to process the commodity, Cambodia will have to sell its crude oil when it starts producing later this year, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday. KrisEnergy is expected to extract the first drop of crude oil late this year or early 2020, but that oil will not be refined […]
Power Shortage To Cement Cambodia Hydro And Coal Power Expansion Drive
We have downwardly revised our short-term hydropower generation forecasts in Cambodia, from 4.46 TWh to 3.06TWh in 2019 as recent droughts have threatened Cambodia’s hydropower output reliability. In the immediate term, we expect Cambodia to import more electricity from neighbouring states to meet the power shortage. Despite current drought challenges, we maintain a positive long-term growth outlook for […]
Strong Demand for Gas to Power Generation in Cambodia
Surrounded by bigger international players from neighbouring countries, Cambodia’s potential to import LNG has always been overlooked till recently. Announcements of interests by Russia and Indonesia to develop Cambodia’s LNG infrastructure in Cambodia depicts the immense opportunity for gas to power in Cambodia. As one of the fastest growing economy amongst other ASEAN countries, with […]
Cambodia agrees lease for Turkish power ship
Turkey-based 232MW rental power ship ‘Kaya Bey’ docked at Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in 2010. RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP Cambodia succeeded in negotiations to lease a 200MW Turkish power ship to meet electricity demands in Phnom Penh, amid a nearly 400MW electricity shortage nationwide, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday. Speaking at the 18th Government-Private Sector […]
Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen Orders Critics’ Electricity Shut Off Amid Furor Over Power Shortages
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has told officials to cut off electricity to the homes of those who claim he orchestrated blackouts to drum up public support for a controversial hydropower dam, after the head of an environmental NGO suggested the government was responsible for power outages that have plagued the country this year. Over […]
Price plea as generator costs soar
The government has urged vendors of electricity generators to ensure reasonable prices after public complaints flooded social media over soaring costs amidst a shortage of power in the Kingdom. Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Cambodian people should help each other during a crisis. Mr Siphan urged vendors to remain honest with the price of the […]
