Started in the early 20th century, there are two existing coal-fired power plants operating at full capacity of 100 and 270 megawatts (MW) respectively. The first plant was built by Cambodia Energy Ltd, a local subsidiary of Malaysia’s Leader Universal Ltd, which opened in 2014. The second plant was built by a joint venture between Cambodia International Investment Development Group (CIIDG) and Erdos Hongiun, based in China. Electric Power Co., Ltd. This second coal-fired power plant came online in 2015 and is being developed for millions of dollars worth of increased electrical generating capacity that is sufficient to produce 700 MW of electrical power to sustain consumption of local electricity. The possibility of this expansion depends solely on the availability of imported coal from Indonesia, the main exporter of coal to Cambodia and one of the main coal producers in the world.
This is not over yet as the demand for electricity consumption increases, so the supply must be available. In order not to depend solely on the import of electricity from neighboring countries, it is necessary to expand national production. In addition to the two existing coal-fired power plants; The Royal Government of Cambodia is currently planning the construction of a third coal-fired power plant in the same area. It will be marked as the Kingdom’s third approved coal-fired power generation facility located in the southern coastal area of Sihanoukville. The entire project was handed over to the Japanese firm, Toshiba Plant System and Service Cooperation (TPSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese electronics manufacturing giant Toshiba, will build the turnkey power plant for Cambodian Energy II Co Ltd ( CEL2), the plant will operate at 150 MW of total capacity upon completion. Construction will be carried out in full collaboration with TPSC Engineering Malaysia and TPSC Thailand. The contract has been awarded by Cambodia Energy II Company Limited, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Leader Universal Holdings which operates the first existing coal-fired power plant as mentioned. The electricity production will be purchased by Electricité du Cambodge (Electricity of Cambodia), a state-owned company operated under the full direct supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the administrator of revenue and profit; and the Ministry of Mines and Energy, energy and electricity policy maker, of the Royal Government of Cambodia. TPSC and its group companies will be responsible for the overall project, including engineering, equipment supply, construction work, installation, testing and adjustment. TPSC will manage the entire project and engineering, its Malaysian subsidiary will be responsible for equipment procurement and its Thai subsidiary will handle construction. At another development site, Pöyry, a Finnish engineering company, was awarded a contract to support panel design review, site supervision, quality control and warranty services, project management and commissioning. running of the power plant.
There has been a controversial worldwide debate on how to stop the continuing trend of fossil fuel projects. In other words, the use of fossil fuels for energy production must be abolished at all costs to preserve the well-being of the environment. The real question that got me thinking is “Why should the third approved coal-fired power plant stop?” when it matters to Cambodia’s energy sector. To give a comprehensive answer to these questions, the real costs of burning coal for the production of energy, basically in the form of electricity, must be identified. The advantages of burning fossil fuels such as coal for the country’s economy can be seen less than its disadvantages for the environment and ecology are elaborated as follows:
First, coal dusts contribute to heart and lung disease, which also poses a danger to aquatic life and reduces water quality once the coal escapes from the storage tank. It seemed worse when the ship carrying coal sank completely in the water. Other means of transporting coal by land can also be dangerous to humanity, land animals and plants when improperly transported.
Secondly, coal is known as the non-renewable and unsustainable source of energy production with limited availability of total global coal reserves only lasting for 134 years of current consumption rate, and could emit nearly 2000 Gt of emissions. of CO2 if all were used. Coal has been recognized as the source of
