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Participating agencies (representatives)
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
(Ms. Meardey Cheat, Vice Chief of GHG Inventory & Mitigation Office)
(Dr. Vanthoeun Keo, Deputy Director of Ministry of Environment)
(Mrs. Ngan Sansreypov, Chief Officer, Department of Solid Waste Management)
Situation/Action Details of Combodia
RENEWABLE ENERGY SITUATION IN CAMBODIA
Presented by: Ms. CHEAT
Meardey
Department of Climate Change,
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
Overview of Cambodia
· The
government has planned to increase renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
· Renewable
energy in Cambodia is set to be at 25% by 2030 to ensure sufficiency,
stability, quality, safety, and reliability in the power supply system. (Ministry
of Mines and Energy)
· Cambodia is focusing mainly
on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the country’s goal of reducing its
emissions by 21 million tones per year in order to combat climate change,
according to the Ministry of Environment.
Cambodia’s Domestic Energy Supply. Source:
Electricity Authority of Cambodia
·
As
of 2021, Cambodia saw over 51% of the country’s domestic energy production come
from renewable sources. The majority was sourced from hydropower (44.17%) while
solar and biomass accounted for around 7%.
·
Royal
Government of Cambodia is now prioritizing renewable energies, particularly
solar energy because it has great potential and could help end the country’s
energy woes.
·
According
to a recent study by the Asian Development Bank, Cambodia has about 10,000 mW
of hydropower potential, 8,100 mW for solar and about 6,500 mW for wind.
Conclusion
·
Due
to its abundant hydropower resources, Cambodia champions the clean energy
capacity charts across ASEAN. However, going forward, the country would need to
substantially diversify its renewable energy mix by capitalizing on its
untapped solar power potential. (Source: Energy Tracker Asia 21 February 2022)
·
The
increased adoption of renewable energy in Cambodia is one of Southeast Asia’s
success stories. And in particular, amongst the countries in the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (the region’s collective political and economic group
Thanks to hydropower, Cambodia is in an exclusive club of countries with more
renewable energy sources that make up significant shares of their energy mix
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