A Chinese state owned firm began generating power last Monday at a new 338MW hydroelectric facility in Cambodia that will dramatically increase electricity availability to Cambodians at prices well below those currently prevailing. Almost all Cambodian electricity has been either imported (from Vietnam and Thailand) or generated from diesel or fuel oil. This individual project, the 5th completed and largest of 6 projects either constructed or under construction by China, will provide 1.2 million MWh annually, more than generated in the country in 2012, and about 40% of current national consumption including imports (enough to serve the 40% of Cambodians with no electricity, or displace the 93% of domestic production from diesel and fuel oil, and/or reduce the average cost of power dramatically, and/or meet the next two years of demand growth).
Here is an article on the commissioning:
http://www.hydroworld.com/...
China's development of SE Asia proceeds apace...