Construction work on a Chinese-invested Cambodia Upper Tatay Hydropower Station, with a designed capacity of 150-megawatts (MWs) has been 31.5 percent completed so far, officials said on Thursday.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian presided over the river closing ceremony for the construction of the hydropower station held near the dam site in Thmar Baing district, with more than 1,000 participants.
Speaking at the event, Hun Manet said that the project, invested by the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC), is a concessional contract of a 39-year build-operate-transfer (BOT), of which, four years for construction and 35 years for operations.
