The SOMA Group, a Cambodian industrial conglomerate, selected GE’s Waukesha gas engine technology to power a new, rural rice husk biomass energy project. The project is said to be Cambodia’s first integrated biomass gasification-gas engine solution to supply renewable electricity to the local grid in support of the country’s rural electrification goals.
Located in the rural rice milling region of Kamphong Cham, the SOMA Group’s Hak Se mill project is the first to be implemented after the Cambodian government and GE signed a 2011 alternative energy development agreement to use distributed power, smart grid and other solutions to meet the country’s energy challenges.