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Article: CAMBODIA: CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR PROPOSED $200,000,000 POWER PLANT, MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES & ENERGY [CAMBODIA] - Order #: 110600.
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- WWP-Business Opportunities in Asia & the Pacific
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Cambodian government is intent on meeting its policy of making the cost of electricity cheaper. Hence, it is now planning to turn to less expensive power sources. As a result, the MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES & ENERGY recently announced that it intended to build a new gas-fired power station.
Construction plans under consideration call for building a power plant with an installed generating capacity of 180 Mw. The proposed complex, to be sited in the port city of Sihanoukville, is expected to require an investment of $200,000,000 to build. In so doing, the new unit will enable supplying the energy needs of the capital city, Phnom ...