700MW Coal-Fired Power Plant Gets Ground Breaking in Preah Sihanoukville

700MW Coal-Fired Power Plant Gets Ground Breaking in Preah Sihanoukville

A construction of two 350 MW coal-fired power units was broke ground on Wednesday and the power generated from the plant is scheduled to be linked to the national grid in 2022.

The plant is invested by CIIDC Erdos Hongjun Electric Power with total investment about $1.2 billion. The plant is located in Stung Hav district, Preah Sihanoukville province.

The plant is the joint venture investment between Cambodia International Investment Development Group (CIIDG) and China Huadian Hong Kong Company Limited (CHDHK), a subsidy firm to China Huadian Corp.

As planned, A 350 MW coal fired power plant will start generate power to the national grid in 2022 and another 350 MW coal-fired power plant is scheduled in 2023, said Victor Jona, director general of Energy at Ministry of Mines and Energy.

“The investment is important in generating power to the grid because the government wants to increase power generated from all power sources,” Mr Jona said.

CIIDG Erdos Hongjun Electric Power operates three 135 MW coal-fired power plants in Preah Sihanouk province, generating power to the grid 405 MW.

According to Jona, Royal Group, Cambodia’s largest conglomerate, was granted permission to conduct a feasibility study on a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant, another power plant, in Preah Sihanouk province.

Cambodia currently produces 505 MW from two coal-fired power plants.

100 MW comes from CEL I while the rest is generated by CIIDG Erdos Hongjun Electric Power, who has three 135-MW coal-fired generating units in Preah Sihanouk.

Han Seng Coal Mine is now building a 200-MW coal-fired plant in Oddar Meanchey province.

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