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China begins building US$1 billion hydropower station in Cambodia amid energy crisis

Construction of a US$1 billion Chinese-invested hydropower station has begun in Cambodia to facilitate the Southeast Asian countryโ€™s use of renewable energy as the fallout from the Iran war constricts developing countriesโ€™ access to traditional fuel supplies. Work on the Upper Tatay pumped-storage hydropower project in the hilly southwestern province of Koh Kong started on April 10, Xinhua reported, describing it as a future โ€œgreen power bankโ€ for Cambodiaโ€™s national grid. It said the project...