Remaining Villages To Be Equipped with Solar Power

Remaining Villages To Be Equipped with Solar Power

Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) in collaboration Electricité du Cambodge (EDC), and Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) is seeking the possibility to equip solar-mini grid systems at the villages that have not been electrified.

Currently, 13,818 villages or 97.53 percent of total villages nationwide have been electrified while some 350 others, about 2.47 percent, have not yet accessed the electricity, according to the Salient Features of Power Development in the Kingdom of Cambodia until December 2021 report co-produced by the MME and EAC issued this week.

The ministry stated that the 350 villages are mostly located on islands, flooded areas during the rainy season, areas without road access, floating areas and remote areas with scattered population.

“The MME, EAC and EDC have been seeking for possibility of supplying electricity to the remaining villages through Solar Mini-Grid Systems and through the projects of distributing Solar Home Systems,” the ministry said.

In 2021, the ministry has received fund from the UNDP Cambodia for Solar Mini-Grid Systems in order to supply to three villages in Kampong Cham province.

The EDC is also planning to distribute 10,000 Solar Home Systems for uses in remaining villages. AKP