Renewable Energy in Po Touch Village Using the Power Pallet Project
Royal University of Phnom Penh Physics Department
Renewable Energy in Po Touch Village, Kandal Province, with the Power Pallet Project
Sopheak Seng and Michael Shaw
2012
I. Abstract
Renewable energy has become an important topic in Cambodia since global warming has been known to many Cambodian people. The Royal Cambodian Government has already put their mind toward this topic, and they well understood the implications of this issue. As a result, hydroelectric dams are being built throughout the country to provide the cheaper clean energy and cut down the use of fossil fuel. Unfortunately, the inexpensive renewable electric power is not yet available to every citizen. In many provinces, people still continue to buy electricity from private companies at a high price, $0.35-$0.90 (UNDP Cambodia, 2010). Po Touch village is one of the villages where people living there have no choice and pay at least $0.3 per kilo-watt hour energy. This report has been done in order to find a new electricity power supply with a better price, and that is not harmful to the environment to provide electricity to people who live there. The village consists of about 200 houses, yet in term of a mini-scale project, we have chosen only a small group of houses to evaluate. We have decided to consider the electricity-from-waste-or-biomass. If the project is a success, we will make a further consideration of a larger project which could cover the whole village.
II. Background Information
Po Touch Village is located in Kompong Loung Commune, Ponhea Leu District, Kandal Province which is about 35 kilometers north of Phnom Penh. The village has 290 houses which are currently using the electricity power provide by the Udong Power Supply Company (the Udong Power Supply company, personal communication, May 2012), and most of the families are by the river side. The main part of the village is the area around the market which is at the southern edge. Most of the families are medium class,
Renewable Energy in Po Touch Village, Kandal Province, with the Power Pallet Project
Sopheak Seng and Michael Shaw
2012
I. Abstract
Renewable energy has become an important topic in Cambodia since global warming has been known to many Cambodian people. The Royal Cambodian Government has already put their mind toward this topic, and they well understood the implications of this issue. As a result, hydroelectric dams are being built throughout the country to provide the cheaper clean energy and cut down the use of fossil fuel. Unfortunately, the inexpensive renewable electric power is not yet available to every citizen. In many provinces, people still continue to buy electricity from private companies at a high price, $0.35-$0.90 (UNDP Cambodia, 2010). Po Touch village is one of the villages where people living there have no choice and pay at least $0.3 per kilo-watt hour energy. This report has been done in order to find a new electricity power supply with a better price, and that is not harmful to the environment to provide electricity to people who live there. The village consists of about 200 houses, yet in term of a mini-scale project, we have chosen only a small group of houses to evaluate. We have decided to consider the electricity-from-waste-or-biomass. If the project is a success, we will make a further consideration of a larger project which could cover the whole village.
II. Background Information
Po Touch Village is located in Kompong Loung Commune, Ponhea Leu District, Kandal Province which is about 35 kilometers north of Phnom Penh. The village has 290 houses which are currently using the electricity power provide by the Udong Power Supply Company (the Udong Power Supply company, personal communication, May 2012), and most of the families are by the river side. The main part of the village is the area around the market which is at the southern edge. Most of the families are medium class,
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