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ខ្មែរ Energy and Environment
MPWT Officially Launches Cambodia’s Third EV Charging Station in Siem Reap
- 15 September 2022
A new EV charging station in Siem Reap was officially launched on 14 September by Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol and Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Butchaiah Gadde. Located in Boeung Doun Pa village, Sangkat Slor Kram, Siem Reap city, this station is Cambodia’s third EV charging station provided by ADB, while the fourth one is set for Bat...
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Gov’t Urges Establishment of Green Investment Zone in ASEAN Bloc
- 12 September 2022
The Cambodian government has supported the establishment of the Green Economic or Investment Zone in the ASEAN bloc and Cambodia proposes to host the zone. The remark was made by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, at the 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum held on 12 September. Speaking at the forum, PM Hun Sen said that the zone establishment is under the framework o...
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Dubai Mulls Building Massive Space-Age Ring to Encircle World’s Tallest Building
- 12 September 2022
An experimental architecture firm ZNera Space has proposed a conceptual design of a space-age ring structure to encircle the world's tallest skyscraper the Burj Khalifa, according to CNN. Known as Downtown Circle, the project is a massive five-storey circular structure showcasing urban planning in a wildly ambitious design combined with a series of mesmerizing illustrations. The structure wi...
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Construction of Oddar Meanchey-Siem Reap 230kV Transmission Line 95% Completed
- 23 August 2022
Pestech (Cambodia) ‘s 230-kilovolt transmission line project connecting an energy plant in Oddar Meanchey province to Siem Reap province is 95% completed and is scheduled to be commercially operational by the end of this year. Pestech (Cambodia) released the update in a file submitted to the Cambodia Securities Exchange recently. Pestech CEO Han Fatt Juan said that the construction has been ...
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Solar cooking technology saves up to US$1.4 bn spent on conventional cooking methods
- 19 August 2022
According to Charity Solar Cookers International, solar cooking technology could save up to US$1.3 billion of money spent annually on general polluted cooking gas. The technology is the renovative cooking stove that creates heat using solar light. Each of solar stove can save up to 1 ton of wood every year and cut tons of CO2 caused by typical cooking gas. To date, over 4 million solar stove...
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4,000km Australia-Singapore Sub-Marine Power Cable to Go Online in 2024
- 18 August 2022
The 4,000km Australia-Singapore sub-marine transmission being developed by Sun Cablet is scheduled to go online in 2024, with a full operational target in 2029, according to a Nikkei Asia report on 18 August. The line is being built at cost of US$21 billion to transmit solar energy from Australia to Singapore. As part of the project, a massive solar farm was also built on 12,000 hectares of ...
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Mines Ministry Issues Sand Dredging Licenses in Rivers & Streams for Over 2,000ha to Date
- 10 August 2022
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has clarified that sand mining businesses along rivers and streams are carefully monitored and studied before getting their licenses issued while revealing that to date licensed sand mining activities cover an area of over 2,000ha. HE Ung Dipola, Director-General of the General Department of Mines and spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, acknowledged ...
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New Gold Mining Firm Starts Trial Operation; Over 20kg Extracted
- 9 August 2022
Another private company, Delcom Campuchea PLC Ltd, started a trial operation on gold production in Preah Vihear province in early August and to date has extracted over 20kg of gold. HE Ung Dipola, Director General of the General Department of Mineral Resources, Ministry of Mines and Energy, provided this figure at a press conference on 09 August. “Cambodia has a new company, Delcom, which is...
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Cambodia Vows to Expand More Biodiversity Zones; Share 41% of Total Land to Date
- 9 August 2022
Cambodia has vowed to expand and protect more biodiversity zones, as today the country has a total of 76, or equivalent to over 41% of the total land, according to a Ministry of Environment announcement on 08 August. The ministry has been working on registering more protected zones and categorising them for different usage purposes based on their conditions. Cambodia also stated its clear in...
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Renaissance Refines Over 3,500 kg of Gold as of June 2022
- 5 August 2022
As of June 2022, Renaissance Mineral (Cambodia) had refined a total of 3,543 kg of gold ore from its licensed mining zone in Mondulkiri province, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance Spokesman HE Meas Sok Sen San on 05 August. Under this operation, Cambodia expects to produce 3 tons of gold per year for the first 8 years, with the aim to increase production afterwards. The gold prod...
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