 Cambodia to export electricity in 2020Feb 21, 2008 - Asia Pulse Data Source Cambodia will not only meet its domestic power demand but also export electricity to another countries in the next ten years, despite of the fact that it is importing electricity from Viet Nam and Thailand. Bun Narith, General Director of the General Department of Energy at Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) made the announcement, saying that it is because of a huge foreign investment in electricity flowing into the country. He noted that Cambodia will meet the country?s electricity demand by 2010, and 5000 MW per year will be used for export. Cambodia is having five hydro-electricity plants and five more could be built in northern provinces of Rattana Kiri and Stung Treng.
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