My landlord tells me electricity is going up in price as of November.
The new foreigner rate will be 890R/kWh - so he thinks. I think the local rate may also increase.
Has anyone else heard of this? Wouldn't surprise me considering the rising cost of fuel.
It's getting harder for the poor.
Electricity - Yet another price increase?
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I heard a story that a group wanted to bring power from Thailand to Siem Reap. They were going to charge half of what it is now and were going to build all the lines themselves. A certain general wanted $1,000,000 just to discuss the proposal. I really don't think much will change until the government starts to care about it's people and that is going to happen sometimes after hell freezes over.
Here we have a powerplant that runs on rice straw. Lots of that in Cambodia but would be hard to get enough to run a powerplant. Cambodia has lots of water but not much elevation so hydroelectric would be difficult. Not really sure what the solution is but you can be sure that one or several government officials are making plenty of money keeping it the way it is now.
Here we have a powerplant that runs on rice straw. Lots of that in Cambodia but would be hard to get enough to run a powerplant. Cambodia has lots of water but not much elevation so hydroelectric would be difficult. Not really sure what the solution is but you can be sure that one or several government officials are making plenty of money keeping it the way it is now.
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Supposedly there are plans to build a generation plant in Sihanoukville; but this depends on how much oil or gas they find in Cambodia's waters.
Can't imagine it'll happen in the short to medium term; if indeed at all. Then of course someone has to build a few hundred kilometres of high voltage transmission lines.
In the short term however the future doesn't look too good for Cambodia - particularly poorer people - considering the volatility in oil prices and the fact most of the power is generated using diesel.
Can't imagine it'll happen in the short to medium term; if indeed at all. Then of course someone has to build a few hundred kilometres of high voltage transmission lines.
In the short term however the future doesn't look too good for Cambodia - particularly poorer people - considering the volatility in oil prices and the fact most of the power is generated using diesel.
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I asked a friend about this the other day. He made a slightly comical justification, but he wasn't joking. He rekons that they should keep the prices up because it encourages people to be sparing with the valuable resources, and that other countries looking to be more environmentally sound should try the same thing. The subject came up because i'd just finished asking if i'd be allowed to buy a full time generator to run my home. The answer was that i'd still have to use some power from the mains so that they wouldn't get pissed off, but that as long as you don't turn it into a big deal, it should be fine.
I've seen some interesting adaptions of wast oil from cars being used to provide fuel for generators, what happens to the waste oil from cars in Camb.
A basic singel cylinder deisel generator can be set up to run clean on a number of fuels, including waste car oil, vegatable oil, or a mix of both.
Worth a thought if you can get the waste oil for nothing
kev
A basic singel cylinder deisel generator can be set up to run clean on a number of fuels, including waste car oil, vegatable oil, or a mix of both.
Worth a thought if you can get the waste oil for nothing
kev
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
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Wow 210 mw is larger than I thought you could do in Cambodia. I have never been to Koh Kong so did not know it had enough elevation to do hydro. How about the North East of Cambodia? I have quite a bit of experience with biomass. I have worked at or helped build two plants. I think rice straw would just be too difficult and expensive to transport to a plant. I think that with enough land you could plant eucalyptus and burn it to produce power but would take years and lots of money. You are right western companies don't like to do work the Cambodian way. Would love to hear more information about the Koh Kong hydro project though.Deke wrote:I'm personally involved in a proposed 210 MW hydro project in Koh Kong and there are numerous other sites around the country that would be ideal for developing similar projects. There is also a huge potential for projects using renewable energy sources; mostly biomass.
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