Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly promised on the 3rd at a university graduate ceremony in Phnom Penh that there will be no shortage of electricity in Cambodia next year.
Hun Sen said that due to the high temperature and drought, Cambodia’s hydropower generation was insufficient, and there was a “electricity shortage” in many places this year. The government should sum up lessons and avoid the same problem.
Hun Sen said that Cambodia is facing a surge in electricity consumption. The former capital of Phnom Penh used only 30 megawatts of electricity, but it has soared to 1,000 megawatts. Only the diamond island community in Phnom Penh uses more electricity than the entire Phnom Penh in the 1990s. Electricity consumption of the city.
Hun Sen said that the government will re-enact the national power plan to ensure that there will be no power shortages after 2020.
According to data provided by the China Chamber of Commerce Electric Power Enterprise of Cambodia, by the end of 2018, Cambodia's national power supply was 9.09 billion kWh, up 22.8% year-on-year, domestic power generation was 8.15 billion kWh, and the independent power supply rate was 89.7%. Among them, China has put into operation 7 projects with a total of 11 hydropower stations and 1 thermal power station, with a total installed capacity of 1733 megawatts, accounting for 85% of the total installed capacity in Cambodia. The annual on-grid electricity is 7.34 billion kWh, accounting for 90% of the nationwide electricity consumption.
