In the southwestern province of Koh Kong in Cambodia, the downstream hydroelectric power station of Elesai, invested and constructed by China Huadian Corporation Limited, will celebrate its 10th anniversary of commercial operation in July 2024. Entering Eresai, surrounded by mountains, the Chinese and Cambodian characters "Developing Hydropower and Benefiting the People" on the dam of the power station are particularly prominent.

This is the first hydropower station invested and developed by China Huadian in the "construction operation transfer" mode overseas, with an installed capacity of 338000 kilowatts and an average annual power generation of about 1 billion kilowatt hours, greatly alleviating the tight power supply situation in Cambodia.

Hydropower stations are energy infrastructure, and the most important thing is to benefit local development and improve people's quality of life, "Zhu Xinyuan, the head of China Huadian Elesai Downstream Hydropower Project Co., Ltd., told reporters. Before the Elesai Downstream Hydropower Station was put into operation, Cambodia had a shortage of electricity exceeding 20% of the country's total electricity consumption, seriously restricting local economic and social development.

Wu Xitian is a Cambodian translator from Elesai Company, residing in Gogong City, Gogong Province. He told reporters that in the past, Gogong City was a "power grid island" in Cambodia, and all electricity was imported from neighboring Thailand. Elesai Company has installed a 32 kilometer transmission line from the power station to Gogong City, helping to connect it to the national power grid. Now the local electricity price has decreased by about 80% compared to before, with few power outages. There are more and more factories, and ordinary people have also purchased air conditioning and other electrical appliances. Nowadays, electricity is cheap and convenient, and our lives are getting better and better. We are really grateful to Huadian

In the past 10 years, the downstream hydropower station of Elesai has achieved continuous safe production for more than 3900 days since its commissioning, with a cumulative output of 11 billion kilowatt hours of green electricity. The power generation in the year after commissioning accounted for 30% of Cambodia's national power generation.

The downstream hydropower station of Eresai fully adopts Chinese hydropower technology standards. Luo Jianhua, the head of the Production Technology Department of Elesai Company, told reporters that after production, the project has fully introduced China Huadian's safety, quality, and environmental management system and management standards.

Technical supervision is an important task for regular testing of special equipment in hydropower stations, which is related to the safety of personnel and equipment in the power station. However, Cambodia does not have relevant technical standards and requirements. "Luo Jianhua said that in 2016, the company built the only power station testing center in Cambodia in accordance with advanced Chinese standards, pioneering the technical supervision of hydropower projects in Cambodia.

Since its commissioning, the downstream hydropower station of Elesai has played a pivotal role in ensuring energy supply for major sports events and important events such as the Cambodian New Year. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, the Belt and Road project, overseas project.

In order to implement localized operation, the company organized the Cambodian training class of Huadian the Belt and Road Energy College and held activities such as "Huadian Night School" to help local employees improve their skills. At present, more than 50% of the project's employees are Cambodian, and several Cambodian employees have taken up technical management positions. (This article is from the official website of Jian Dao: www.seetao.com. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jian Dao website+original link when reprinting.) Jian Dao website mechanical column editor/Zhou Yingwen