Cambodia hydro project powers up
China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-19 07:27
Chinese-built dam is nation's largest, and will provide electricity to local provinces
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia - Cambodia's largest hydropower project has begun producing electricity, as the country tries to increase its energy capacity and jump-start industrial expansion.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in the northeastern province of Stung Treng. The dam is the largest and the seventh one built by China in the Southeast Asian country.
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