Total Solar DG constructing solar, storage space crossbreed micro-grid in Cambodia

• France's Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) on Monday said that it has partnered with Singapore-based programmer Canopy Power Pte Ltd to understand a solar as well as storage space hybrid micro-grid project in Cambodia.

As the design, procurement as well as construction (EPC) service provider, Canopy Power will certainly create and build a 1.25-MWp ground-mounted solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) park and also a 2-MWh battery incorporated with diesel generators and also a wise controller.

Project investor Total Solar DG will certainly own and operate the micro-grid after the handover.

The micro-grid set up will certainly be improved a Cambodian island of Koh Rong Sanloem, situated off the shore of Sihanoukville. According to the French solar power business, the island's tourism establishments presently count on their own diesel generators, importing gas in cannisters. The new micro-grid could reduce the island's diesel usage by more than 600,000 litres each year, Total Solar DG stated.

Building and construction of the project has currently begun. The business anticipates to see it completed in April 2021.