The top 3 energy sources overall were Conventional Thermal (95.31% of total capacity), Hydroelectricity (3.37%) and Biomass and Waste (1.32%).
In 2008, Cambodia produced 0 quadrillion BTUs (QBTUs) of primary energy, a decrease of 0 QBTUs over the prior year and a compound growth rate of 13.18% over a 5 year period.
Primary energy consumption meanwhile increased by 0.41% over the prior year to 0.07 QBTUs, equating to 4.78 million BTUs per capita which places Cambodia into the 87th percentile of countries worldwide for per capita primary energy consumption.
Cambodia’s total electricity capacity has increased on an annual compound basis by 12.75% over the last 20 years to 386 megawatts (MW) in 2008. In the last year, the total installed capacity base increased by 0 megawatts (+0.13%) with the largest source of new capacity being Biomass and Waste (+0 megawatts).
Total renewable energy capacity accounts for 4.69% of this total installed capacity base whilst renewable energy sources excluding hydropower account for 1.32%.
Biomass and Waste experienced the fastest capacity growth rate (10.65%) in the last year whilst Conventional Thermal Energy added the most capacity in the last 5 years, reaching 368 MW in 2008.
Total electricity generation meanwhile climbed 8.19% over the last year to 1.38 billion kilowatthours (bn kWh) in 2008 with the largest source for electricity generation being Conventional Thermal (96.2% of total net generation).
Conventional sources including conventional thermal (coal, petroleum, gas), nuclear power and hydro pumped storage accounted for 96.2% of total electricity generated, up from 96.12% 5 years previously.
Conventional Energy sources represented 95.31% of total installed capacity in Cambodia in 2008, an increase of 2.19 percentage points over a 5 year period.
Conventional thermal energy had an installed capacity base of 368 MW in 2008, a change of 0 MW over the previous year and a 15.9% change on a compound basis over a 5 year period. Conventional thermal energy has seen its share of total installed capacity increase from 93.12% in 2004 to 95.31% in 2008. Conventional Thermal Energy generated 1.33 billion kilowatthours of electricity in 2008, equating to 3.6 billion kilowatthours of electricity per million kilowatts of capacity.
Renewable Energy sources represented 4.69% of total installed capacity in Cambodia in 2008, a decrease of -2.19 percentage points over a 5 year period.
This renewable energy capacity generated 0.05 billion kilowatthours of electricity (3.8% of the total), primarily from Hydroelectricity (87.95% of the 0.05 bn kWh generated), Biomass and Waste (8.22%), and Solar, Tide, Wave (3.82%).
Biomass and Waste energy had an installed capacity base of 5 MW in 2008, a change of 0 MW over the previous year. It’s share of total installed capacity increased from 0% in 2004 to 1.32% in 2008 and it’s share of renewable installed capacity increased from 0% in 2004 to 28.14% in 2008 to 28.14% in 2008.
Biomass and Waste Energy generated 0 billion kilowatthours of electricity in 2008, equating to 0.31% of the total electricity generated. This is equivalent to 0.84 billion kilowatthours of electricity per million kilowatts of capacity, which was the 2nd highest ratio amongst renewable energy sources.
Cambodia has 0.07% of the total regional capacity for Biomass and Waste Energy and ranks at #45 in the world for Biomass and Waste installed capacity.
Hydroelectricity had an installed capacity base of 13 MW in 2008, a change of 0 MW over the previous year. It’s share of total installed capacity decreased from 6.88% in 2004 to 3.37% in 2008 and it’s share of renewable installed capacity decreased from 100% in 2004 to 71.86% in 2008.
Hydroelectricity generated 0.05 billion kilowatthours of electricity in 2008, equating to 3.34% of the total electricity generated. This is equivalent to 3.54 billion kilowatthours of electricity per million kilowatts of capacity, which was the highest ratio amongst renewable energy sources.
Cambodia has 0% of the total regional capacity for Hydroelectricity and ranks at #137 in the world for Hydroelectricity installed capacity.
In 2008, total carbon dioxide emissions in Cambodia reached 4.18 million Metric Tonnes (mn MT), a compound increase of 4.51% over a 5 year period. Cambodia’s total represented 0.04% of total regional emissions and 0.01% of total world emissions.
On a per capita basis meanwhile, Cambodia ranked at #177 worldwide, with per capita emissions falling on 2007 by -0.01 metric tonnes to 0.3 metric tonnes.
