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Power plants in Cambodia

16 power-plant records · 1,518 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 31%
  • Oil 19%
  • Solar 19%
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Cambodia at a glance

Power-plant records
16
Reported capacity
1,518 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
35.7%
Most records
Hydro, Oil
Capital
Phnom Penh

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Cambodia

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Hydro, coal and imports supply power, with fast-growing solar.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • EACEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned EDC runs the grid and buys power.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • ASEAN Power GridRegional grid

    Participant in the ASEAN Power Grid initiative, which is gradually linking Southeast Asian grids for cross-border trade.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Cambodia generates electricity

Electricity generated15.5 TWh
Renewable share35.7%
Low-carbon share35.7%
Carbon intensity538.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro4.4 TWh
WindNo data
Solar1.1 TWh
Bioenergy0.08 TWh
Other renewablesNo data
NuclearNo data
Coal9.4 TWh
GasNo data
Other fossil0.53 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Cambodia is in South-Eastern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Phnom Penh
Languages
Khmer
Region
South-Eastern Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 16 records for Cambodia. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

16 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

10 lack an owner/operator; 3 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Cambodia

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Browse 16 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

Owner in source
Electricité du Cambodge
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1996
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wartsila · historical recordDetails & map

Bavet

Solar
10 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

CMIP

Solar
9.8 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

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