Solar power is very popular in rural Cambodia

Since many rural areas do not have electricity routes, Cambodian rural families have recently shown strong interest in solar panels that can provide electricity for lighting, television, etc. Solar panels, which cost between $175 and $400, have become popular in Cambodia's rural areas. More and more rural families have begun installing such solar installations to provide power for lights, televisions, and so on.

Hugo.com learned from the news of Cambodia's Phnom Penh Post that some days, solar panels have become very popular in rural areas where Cambodia has no electricity.

Compared to expensive and noisy generators, the superiority of solar panels is unsurpassed. Therefore, more and more solar installations are installed in rural homes.

According to reports, young people working in these rural families who are working in cities or abroad have sent money to their parents to purchase solar energy systems. In Cambodia's three provinces: Pineapple, Svadai, and Kampong Cham province, the acquisition of solar installations by rural households has become particularly fashionable.

However, although rural households have followed solar installations, so far, non-government-assisted rural schools and hospitals have not installed solar energy systems.

According to reports, the current sales growth rate of solar panels in Cambodia is more than 10% each month. Since many villages do not have electric power lines and do not have access to electricity, some farmers do not expect to receive electricity from the government. However, they were bright after seeing other people's homes install solar energy, and they began to buy and install solar panels.

In these rural areas, many families will purchase solar panels with prices ranging from $175 to $400 depending on their own needs. In addition, $550/set of solar panels are also popular. The power provided by these solar cells can carry several lights, color TVs, and other uses.

According to reports, most of these solar panels are imported from Singapore, China, and Thailand.

The Cambodian Rural Electrification Management Committee official stated that this year, Cambodian Power provided 4 million U.S. dollars to rural electrification funds to provide loans to villagers and private power providers to achieve rural power development. The loan project will end in August this year.

In addition, the Cambodian government has provided a loan of 2 million U.S. dollars to rural households that purchased a total of 4,000 solar panels, and another one million U.S. dollar loans to private electricity providers to connect the lines to rural households. According to the provisions of the loan, all rural families who have laid power lines can get 2-3 years of interest-free loan repayment.

A person in charge of a solar energy company in Cambodia stated that his company mainly sells solar power systems in the provinces of Muzang, Preluscan, and Chaige, because the electricity prices in these regions are very expensive.

"If the government extends the transmission lines to these areas, the sales of solar panels may be reduced. On the contrary, if the government can not provide timely power, people's demand for solar energy systems will continue to increase." The source said.

Hugo.com believes that when European and American countries take up anti-dumping “big sticks” to suppress Chinese solar energy products, Chinese solar energy companies should adjust their strategies in a timely manner and pay more attention to the needs of solar energy products in developing countries and even some less developed countries. The "road to road" strategy develops products that fit the needs of these countries. The seemingly accidental demand for solar products in rural Cambodia is actually inevitable. At present, many developing countries in the world like Cambodia, whose power facilities are still imperfect, in this case, solar energy products will be a good substitute for power sources in remote areas of these countries.