A rice mill of Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung Co. in Kandal Province near Phnom Penh (Photo courtesy of Aura Green Energy) Hanoi (VNA) – Two Japanese firms - renewable energy producer Aura Green Energy Co.and solar panel system provider WWB Corp - have teamed up to launch a hybridpower generation business combining biomass and solar energy in Cambodia in2021, aiming to help secure stable power supply.
The two companies plan to build a plant for power generationusing rice husk as fuel in a rice mill near Phnom Penh, along with solarpanels.
Under the 400 million yen (3.7 million USD) project, the combined green energyfacilities, with a total output capacity of 1,500 kW, will supply power to therice mill of Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung Co., a major local rice producer, inKandal province adjacent to the capital, with a plan to sell any surplus to alocal power company.
The two Japanese companies established a joint venture inCambodia in February for the business.
The project is partly subsidised by the Japanese government, at about 110million yen, under the Joint Crediting Mechanism, a greenhouse gas emissionreduction plan to exchange reduced carbon dioxide emissions.
Aura Green Energy estimates the project will contribute to cutting 1,316 tonnesof CO2 emissions annually from the biomass power generation and 565 tonnes fromsolar power.
The renewable energy producer is undertaking biomass and hydropower generationprojects in Indonesia./.
VNA
