Vietnam expands electricity equipment investment in Cambodia [-Cambodia's dependence on foreign energy]

25/07/2011

(VOV) - The Vietnam Electrical Equipment Corporation began construction of a transformer factory in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone in Cambodia on July 25.

Covering an area of two hectares, the factory has a total investment capital of US$2.5 million. After completion, it will produce about 4,000 transformers every year.

Addressing the event, Nguyen Van Cuong, CEO of the corporation, said this construction is the corporation’s first investment project in a foreign country and it expects to build good neighbourly relations, friendship, solidarity and contribute to long-term, sustainable and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The factory is scheduled to be put into operation later this year and employ about 150 technical workers, half of whom will be Cambodians.

EVN sends 912 million kWh of power to Cambodia in 16 mths

September, 02 2010

HCM CITY (VNS) — Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) has supplied nearly 912 million kWh of power over the past 16 months to Cambodia.

The national power utility released these figures at a conference on the Chau Doc-Takeo 220kV transmission line held in HCM City on Tuesday.

The meeting was organised by EVN's National Power Transmission Co (NPT) and Electricity of Cambodia (EDC).

Nguyen Van Bay, head of the technology division under the Power Transmission Company No4, said the Chau Doc-Takeo transmission line had helped Cambodia deal effectively with power shortages.

He said EVN had gone to great lengths to achieve this because Viet Nam was itself facing serious electricity shortage during the dry season this year.

The two sides discussed several issues at the conference, including the operation of the transmission line linking Chau Doc in An Giang Province with Cambodia's Takeo Province; developing new power networks, as well as technical problems and maintenance work.

The 220kV Chau Doc – Takeo Transmission Line includes a 26.5-km line from Chau Doc to the border between the two countries and a 50.1-km line from the border to Takeo.

The project is part of a power purchasing contract signed between the EVN and the EDC, and an agreement on power energy cooperation between the Cambodian and the Vietnamese Governments signed in July, 2000.

In addition to this transmission line, the EVN has also signed power purchasing contracts with Chinese and Lao partners.

The bottom line: Cambodia depends in Yuon electricity

Vietnam provides electricity to Cambodia

09/01/2010
VNA/VOV News (Hanoi)

Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) and the Electricity of Cambodia (EDC) held a conference on the Chau Doc-Takeo 220kV power line from Vietnam to Cambodia in Ho Chi Minh City on August 31.

At the conference, the two sides discussed issues concerning power transmission, power network connection and other technical problems between the two countries.

Nguyen Van Bay, head of the technology department of Power Transmission Company No 4, said that after 16 months of operation, the Chau Doc-Takeo power line has provided Cambodia with over 912 million of kWh of electricity, contributing to dealing with the shortage of electricity in Cambodia.

The project is part of an agreement between the two governments and a contract between EVN and EDC signed in July, 2000. Its maximum transmitting capacity is 200MW with an average output from 900 million kWh to 1.4 billion kWh.

Cambodia spends 59 mln USD to import electricity in 2009

PHNOM PENH, Mar. 15, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia spent 59 million U.S. dollars on electricity imports from Thailand and Vietnam last year, local media reported on Monday, citing figures of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy.

The Kingdom purchased 226.76 billion kilowatt-hours in 2009 from Thailand for 19 million U.S. dollars, and 500.74 billion kWh from Vietnam for 40 million U.S. dollars.

New factories and apartment buildings had led to rising electricity demands, Ty Thany, director of the Department of Finance and Price Setting at the ministry was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying.

"We will import 25 to 30 percent (of our electricity supply) for this year in order to reduce costly local power generation," Ty Thany was quoted as saying.

Cambodia buys electricity from Thailand at 2.7 baht (0.083 U.S. dollar) per kWh and from Vietnam at 0.08 U.S. dollar per kWh compared with a cost of 0.18-0.20 U.S. dollar per kWh using oil- powered generators.

"We may be able to reduce imports of electricity in 2013 because we will have hydroelectric dams and coal power plants to generate electricity by ourselves then," he added.

The Ministry of Industry forecasts that Cambodia will require about 400 megawatts of electricity this year, 50 percent more than current domestic supply.

Cambodia buys over 1 billion kwh of electricity from VN per year

Power group sells more to Cambodia

29-05-2009
VNS (Hanoi)

HA NOI — Viet Nam will sell more than 1 billion kWh of electricity per year to Cambodia, according to the Electricity of Viet Nam Group.

The latest electricity purchase amends a contract between the EVN and Cambodian utility Electricite Du Cambodge first signed in July 2000.

The amended agreement also calls for Viet Nam to build a transformer in Chau Doc in An Giang Province and more than 26km of line to deliver power from there to the Cambodian border. Cambodia, meanwhile, will lay more than 50km of line from the border to a 220kV transformer in Takeo Province, and another 46km to a 220kV transformer in the capital city of Phnom Penh.

Slow construction progress on the Cambodian side has delayed the completion of the project from 2003 to 2009, according to the group.