Renewable energy accounts for over 62% of Cambodia's energy supply: Hun Sen


The Kamchay hydropower dam in Kampot province. Most of renewable energy in Cambodia comes from hydropower dams. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday (March 14) that renewable energy has now made up over 62% of the country's installed electricity capacity.

"Cambodia can be one of the countries that do not pollute the environment," he said in a speech broadcast live on the state-run National Television of Cambodia (TVK) during a visit to the construction site of an 80-megawatt hydropower plant in the northwest Pursat province.

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