Pestech awarded $100M transmission line contract
Malaysian-owned power infrastructure provider Pestech (Cambodia) Ltd has been awarded a contract to build a 230-kilovolt transmission line valued at $100 million to connect Koh Kong province’s Stung Tatai hydropower dam to Phnom Penh, according to a filing on the Malaysian stock exchange. The deal, which was originally awarded to Alex Corporation in February of this year, allows the company to eventually complete a 220-kilometre line that cuts through the largely untouched Southern Cardamom Mountains. Victor Jona, director-general of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said that the Pestech line will become the second dedicated line to transfer electricity from the Stung Tatai hydropower dam while also connecting additional power facilities in the area.
