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800MW
GAS POWER PLANT
It has been approved for development in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor district by the Cabinet.
The $1.5 billion investment in the Independent Power Producer (IPP) plant. It will take about
four years to complete and 80 percent – 4,765.44 million – kilowatt hours a year of the
power generated by the power plant will be sold to the Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC).
This plant is expected to start generating power by the end of 2025. The company has
been mandated to undertake a rigorous environmental impact assessment on the
proposed project site, including where the jetty is to be constructed as well as pollution
control.
The project has a 35-year operating licence and is to be undertaken on a “build - own
operate” basis. This is the second power plant project being undertaken by Royal Group.
The first is the 400 MWs Lower Sesan 2 hydropower plant, located at Stung Treng. This was
o cially inaugurated by Prime Minister Hun Sen in December 2018 and has an investment
capital estimated at $920 million. By pushing the boundaries of power plant design in this
manner, the fossil fuel industry will ensure that clean gas continues to play a pivotal role in
the global energy mixture to the middle of the century and beyond.
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