In 2010 Cambodia agreed with China to construct a $362 million, 270 MW coal-fired power plant in Stoeng Hav Industrial Zone, Sihanoukville province. A joint venture between Cambodia International Investment Development Group (CIIDG) and unnamed local and Chinese firms was granted a 33-year concession to build and operate the plant, slated for completion by 2014.<ref>[http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2010/12/chinese-firms-to-build.html "Chinese firms to build 270 MW coal plant in Cambodia,"] Power Engineering, December 13, 2010.</ref>
However, In 2011 it was reported that CIIDG Erdos Hongjun Electric Power Co. had been set up as a China-Cambodia joint venture granted permission by the Royal Government of 2014 there are now news of Cambodia to develop a 7 x 135MW coal-fired power project in Sihanoukville in order to generate the electricity to be supplied to the power plant being constructed or operatingnational grid.<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/itc-engineering-2004/conversations/topics/393 "itc-engineering-2004,"] yahoo groups, and it may have been cancelled.accessed Feb 2015</ref>
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