Cambodian Villages reach 99 % electrification

The electrification rate of all villages across the country has now reached 99% as of September this year since works have been accelerated to connect them  to the power grid. There are about 210 villages or one percent of the total 14,168 villages in the Kingdom that remain off-grid, said Heng Kunleang, director-general of Energy at the Ministry of Mines.

“The government’s goal of developing electrification is almost 99% of the total number of villages nationwide connected to the national grid and to other energy sources such as solar, biomass and biogas,” Kunleang told Khmer Times on Thursday. “We only have 210 villages that are not connected to the grid because these villages are floating villages, villages on islands, and those without roads, difficult roads and  flooded during the rainy season,” he said.

“However, people who live in those villages use alternative power sources such as home solar systems and other renewable energy sources for daily usage,” he said. The challenges which have been posed by the Covid-19 pandemic also put electrification plans for the supply of power to non-electrified villages on hold, he said.

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