Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
had a total primary energy supply (
TPES
Primary energy (PE) is an energy form found in nature that has not been subjected to any human engineered conversion process. It is energy contained in raw fuels, and other forms of energy, including waste, received as input to a system. Pr ...
) of 5.48
Mtoe in 2012.
Electricity consumption was 3.06
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. About one third of the energy came from oil products and about two thirds from biofuels and waste.
Cambodia has significant potential for developing
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
. In 2020, however, the country had no set renewable energy targets.
To attract more investment in renewable energy the country could adopt clear renewable energy targets, improve renewable energy governance and facilitate market entry for foreign investors.
Along with other
ASEAN
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member states, Cambodia remains one of the most vulnerable countries to
climate change
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in the world; therefore, it is recommended that the country focuses on developing more renewable energy as part of
climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation is action to limit climate change by reducing Greenhouse gas emissions, emissions of greenhouse gases or Carbon sink, removing those gases from the atmosphere. The recent rise in global average temperature is mostly caus ...
policies.
Cambodia controls
offshore oil
Offshore drilling is a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently extract petroleum that lies in rock formations beneath the seabed. Most commonly, the te ...
reserves in the
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...
; however, the only attempt to extract oil ended in the failure in 2021 of the
Apsara field The Apsara field is a subsea oil field in Cambodian waters in the central Gulf of Thailand. Oil was discovered in the area in the early 2000s, but was produced only briefly in the early 2020s before the project collapsed after failing to meet produ ...
project after production did not meet expectations.
Cambodia's domestic energy supply in 2021 was 9,255 GWh, with 44% hydro, 41% coal, 8% fuel oil, and 6% solar.
Many rural communities are making use of solar power to access electricity. Cambodia had 305 MW of
solar installed at the end of 2021, with seven grid-connected projects. Another 700 MW was planned or under construction.
Cambodia could potentially base its energy system on 100% renewable energy, but this would require large investments, including in energy storage systems.
See also
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List of power stations in Cambodia
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Electricity Authority of Cambodia
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Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy (Cambodia)
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Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
The estimated hydropower potential of the lower Mekong Basin (i.e., excluding China) is 30,000 MW, while that of the upper Mekong Basin is 28,930 MW. In the lower Mekong, more than 3,235 MW has been realized via facilities built largely over the p ...
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2013 Southern Vietnam and Cambodia blackout
The 2013 Southern Vietnam and Cambodia blackout was a power outage in the southern region of Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at th ...
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