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Welcome at Pico Sol Cambodia

Installation solar panels on school

The sun is a free, inexhaustible resource of energy. Cambodia has great opportunities for solar energy. Even during the rainy season, the conditions are excellent. Pico Sol Cambodia considers Cambodia’s solar resources as an opportunity for a sustainable development of the rural areas.

Basic infrastructure like an electricity grid is mainly available in Phnom Penh and provincial towns. Most of the people live in the countryside. About 75% of the 15 million Cambodians have no access to reliable electricity. In Pico Sol’s vision, the introduction of solar power for Cambodia’s population will contribute to improvement of rural life.

Quicklinks:

    • Solar Campus Headquarter of Pico Sol Cambodia is at the Cambodian Solar Campus, a half hour drive from Phnom Penh, where our vocational solar training centre has been developed.

    Short history

    Pico Sol Cambodia closely co-operates with the Dutch foundation Pico Sol. Pico Sol's programme in Cambodja started in 1999 with realisation of small projects at orphanages. Projects succeeded each other. Scaling up the solar support program required to establish a local NGO, Pico Sol Cambodia, that was established as an independent Cambodian NGO in 2008 to facilitate the development of the upcoming solar sector.