The Cambodian government has approved a 700 MW coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province. The $1.3 billion project is developed under a build-own-operate-transfer concession by the Cambodia International Investment Development Group and Huadian Sihanoukville Power Generation, an affiliate of the China Huadian Corporation. The equipment for the plant will be supplied by Dongfang. The project is planned to be developed in two 350 MW phases. The first and second phases are scheduled for commissioning in 2023 and 2024 respectively. Coal power accounts for about 21 per cent of Cambodia’s installed capacity, which was2 .1 GW in June 2020.
