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Development of an independent power plant to produce electricity based on the Diesel technology in Cambodia

Country : Cambodia .
Client : IED-Invest .
Start Date : 2011
Completion Date : Ongoing
Value of services : 150 000€
Funder : REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) - IED Invest
Associate/Partner : CCDE - Cambodia Consulting Development Engineering
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Description :
There are in Cambodia more than 200 mini-decentralized networks in rural areas and peri-urban zones. They are run by local entrepreneurs: Rural Energy Entrepreneurs (REE). The massive use of second hand gensets often inefficient and polluting on the sometimes poor designed networks result in very high operating costs.
As a consequence the high tariffs for a bad electric service are a real obstacle to development of rural areas. These constraints have also a decisive impact on the poorest in limiting their access to basic services.
The project has retrofit the distribution system to bring losses to acceptable levels and replaced the existing gensets by an efficient Diesel power plant.
A detailed study has been undertaken for a PV penetration rate of 30%.
The benefits of the projects are:
* Reliable service 24/24,
* 50% increase in number of customers within 5 years,
* ~15% decrease in tariff for the end-user,
* Improved financial sustainability of the local operator,
* Decrease in CO2 emissions per kWh.
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Description of the Actual Services Provided IED together with its subsidiary CCDE have realized:
* Identification of the project
* Agreement from legal authorities and contractual frame writing
* Funding searching and financial framework building
* Technical pre-feasibility and feasibility studies
* Plant implementation – synchronized 3 gensets to optimally follow the load
* Plant operation and Bulk energy selling.
* Operating since May 2012