China Firm Now Eyes Power Lines

The Beijing-based PowerChina Resources Limited (PCR), a shareholder of Sinohydro Kamchay Hydroelectric Project Co. Ltd, which developed the Kamchay hydroelectric dam in Kampot, expressed its interest in building electricity transmission lines in Cambodia. This expression of interest was made when the director general of PCR, Du Chunguo, met the Kingdom’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.

Mr. Chunguo said that based on the company’s success in completing the Kamchay hydroelectric project in Kampot it was now keen to submit a bid to build power transmission lines in Cambodia. Mr. Suy Sem welcomed PCR’s interest to help Cambodia meet its rising power demands and said that the Kamchay project was a testimony to the company’s technical capacity to successfully complete a large power project.

“Presently, the ministry is trying to realize the plan to install power transmission lines nationwide. After the terms of reference are completed and approved, the project will be open for bidding tenders to both local and foreign companies,” said Mr. Suy Sem. “I believe that the company [PCR] will have enough technical expertise and capacity to submit a good bid for the project,” he added.

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