Cambodian leader inaugurates operations at country's biggest hydropower project
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cambodia's prime minister has inaugurated the country's biggest hydropower dam, a Chinese-built project to help supply electricity for villages and factories.
Prime Minister Hun Sen was joined Monday by the Chinese ambassador at the official opening of the 338-megawatt Russei Chrum Krom hydropower project, which took almost five years to build at a cost of about $500 million.
The project in southwestern Koh Kong province was developed by China's state-controlled China Huadian Corp. It will operate the plant until turning it over to the Cambodian government in 35 years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cambodian officials say about 60 percent of villages have access to electricity. While development has increased access, demand for power has grown in the industrial sector.