DATABASE
Project
Rural Energy Project (formerly Rural Energy Pilot Project)
Country
Cambodia
Budget
>5M $
Year
2013
Issue
Social
Economic
Environmental
Health
Gender Empowerment
Mitigation To Climate Change
Network and generation
Solutions
Link
www.adb.org
Abstract
The project addresses both power and non-power energy supply in rural Cambodia through (i) electrifying up to 13,700 households in Svay Rieng Province by extending the 22 kilovolt medium-voltage sub-transmission line and the low-voltage distribution network and installing meters; (ii) promoting the use of up to 90,000 improved cookstoves with higher efficiency in rural areas of Kampong Cham Province; and (iii) developing the capacity of Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) which is the regulatory body overseeing the power sector.
Main Donor
ADB
(International agencies)
Implementing Actor
ADB (International agencies)