British Ambassador to Cambodia Dominic Williams expressed the UK’s willingness to provide financing to help develop power projects in Cambodia. Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rottanak welcomed the proposal and outlined coordinated measures to achieve shared goals, according to a post on the ministry’s official Telegram channel on Tuesday afternoon, July 29, 2025.
By the end of 2024, Cambodia’s total electricity capacity had risen to 5,044 MW, its transmission network had extended to 3,890 km, and the number of substations developed had reached 70. Keo Rottanak cited these figures at the closing session of the Electricity Authority of Cambodia’s conference in early February 2025.
Separately, electricity supply covered 99.15% of villages by the end of 2024, up 0.28 percentage points from 2023, while 120 villages still had no electricity supply.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy outlined plans to accelerate development of 36 new power generation projects, most of them using clean and renewable energy sources. Of these, 13 projects totaling 1,275 MW were under construction, and 23 projects totaling 5,950 MW had been approved for development. The plan aims to raise the share of renewable energy in Cambodia’s electricity supply mix to at least 70% by 2030.
Written by: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
