27 March 2014
The 120-megawatt Atai
hydropower plant and its transmission line invested and built by China Datang
Corporation were inaugurated here on Thursday. The hydropower dam cost USD255
million and the grid cost USD113 million transmitting power to Phnom Penh City,
Kampong Chhnang, Pursat and Battambang provinces.
The dam project began
construction in 2008 and completed last year under a 34-year concessional
contract of build-operate- transfer (BOT) with the Cambodian government. Atai
hydropower plant is located in a remote and jungle area in Pursat province,
some 340 km west of capital Phnom Penh. The Atai hydropower dam is capable of
generating electricity of 465 million kwh per year.
China is the largest
investor in hydropower development in Cambodia. According to the Ministry of
Mines and Energy, Chinese companies have invested over 1.6 billion U.S. dollars
in the construction of six dams with a total capacity of 928 megawatts in
Cambodia.
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