| Renewable Energy Rural
Electrification in Cambodia
The Government of
Cambodia aims at providing grid-quality electricity to 70% of the rural
population by 2030.
The objective of
the project was to develop and evaluate renewable energy (RE) options for
this electrification effort. Specifically, the project intended to:
- Assess and map RE resources (biomass,
wind, solar, mini-hydro and micro-hydro)
- Evaluate the potential contribution of
these resources
- Identify major clusters of villages where
RE supply could be established
- Estimate the market potential of RE in
rural electricity markets
- Propose policy interventions and an
enabling institutional framework, in line with the national rural
electrification and RE master plans
- Conduct feasibility studies and
demonstration projects in the selected clusters
- Propose pricing options for RE-based rural
electricity generation, both on-grid and off-grid
- Generate a pipeline of RE projects which
could be facilitated for private financing by local, ASEAN and European
investors.
The project was implemented by the Cambodian
Research Center for Development (Cambodia), Risoe National Laboratory
(Denmark), Centre Research Agronomique-Wallonie (Belgium), and Emerging
Power Partners (Finland). The project is co-financed by the EC-ASEAN Energy
Facility.
Reference sheet (Intranet)
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