Villages No Longer Dark

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The Cambodian government is on track to provide electricity to all villages in the Kingdom by 2020 as this year’s seven-month data, from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, indicate that 71 percent of rural areas now have regular power supply. Ith Praing, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said the electrification of villages was up 6.7 percent compared to the same period last year.
 

“We are working towards a goal of supply electricity to all villages by 2020 and this seven-month data indicates we can reach that target,” said Mr. Praing. There are 14,073 villages nationwide and by 2020, the government expects to install electricity lines in all of them. The government also has a target of providing electricity to 70 percent of all households nationwide by 2030.
 

“A total of 57 percent of all households ‒ in rural and urban areas ‒ have received a supply of electricity and we can expect 70 percent of them to have a regular supply by 2030,” said Mr. Praing, who also emphasized that Cambodia should focus on alternative clean energy to meet its goals. “Global warming and its link to fossil fuel for generating power is worrying. We have to try to seek alternatives to protect our environment,” he said.

 

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