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Cambodia to have first wind farm

Cambodia’s Khmer Times and Phnom Penh Post have carried stories about the Blue Circle’s project to build a wind farm in Kampot province – the first of its kind in the country.
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s KhmerTimes and Phnom Penh Post have carried stories about the Blue Circle’s projectto build a wind farm in Kampot province – the first of its kind in the country.

Victor Jona, director-general of the Ministry ofMines and Energy’s General Department of Energy, said this month, theSingapore-based company will discuss with the Cambodian government about a planto build the wind farm in the southern province.

The Blue Circle recently completed a feasibilityassessment on projects in Cambodia’s Kampot and Mondulkiri provinces and it isscheduled to meet with representatives from the Cambodian government onNovember 19 to discuss the tariff at which it will supply power to the nationalgrid.

It plans to install at least 10 turbines onMount Bokor in Kampot with a total capacity of 80MW.

Blue Circle Pte Ltd, which has shares fromFrench investors, are implementing wind and solar power projects in Vietnam andThailand./.
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