The Lower Se San 1 and Lower Se San 2 power plants are designed to have a combined capacity of over 500MW, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy.

Documents to this effect were signed last June by representatives from the Cambodian Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy and the Electricity of Vietnam.

Once completed, the two plants with a combined output of 2 billion kWh per year will ensure the supply of electricity for several areas in Cambodia and export to Vietnam.

Tun San, Chief of the Cambodian Electricity General Department, said that Cambodia will build a series of thermal and hydro-electric power plants, providing electricity for nearly 20 industrial zones.