Bio-mass energy in Cambodia

Energy prices are a main concern for SMEs in developing countries. The vast majority of manufacturing SMEs in Asia use traditional boilers that consume nonrenewable fuel such as coal, diesel, fuel oil, natural gas, etc. in their production processes. This nonrenewable fuel makes production expensive, resulting in high output prices. Moreover, this fuel leads to high levels of emission of greenhouse gases, the main cause of global warming.

Recently, most SMEs in Cambodia have suffered from the high price of fossil fuels, resulting in less competitiveness in internal or external markets. To survive, they need to reduce operating costs or modify their production systems. However, Cambodia has millions of tons of energy sources in the form of rice husk, waste wood, coconut shells, horticultural and agricultural waste, palm oil waste, organic solids, bagasse, etc., which are the main sources of biomass energy and can be used in boilers to replace fossil fuels. Therefore, start using biomass as an energy source and reaped monetary benefits.