Profile

Khmer Solar, a limited liability company, registered pursuant to Cambodian law, was founded in 1997 by Ford Thai, a dual citizen of Cambodia and the United States and the majority shareholder, Peter Banwell and Margaret Ryan both United States citizens. The company was founded to serve rural Cambodians who were off the electric grid and not likely to get on anytime in the foreseeable future. 

Wind Electronic Systems

- Hybrid Power Systems for Telecommunication Tower
- Solar Panels
- Aluminum Racks
- Rectifiers
- Solar Hot Water
- Solar Water Pumping
- Sun Tracking Systems
- Obstruction Lights
- Solar Charge Controllers
- Deep Cycle Battery

Homes, Schools, Offices, Hospital, Literacy Programs Back up emergency lighting.  Energy saving 7W lights provide as normal 40W lights.  Also available in 11W to 26W.

Solar Power Telecommunications: Khmer Solar/ Kyocera are the principal supplier to the largest telecom provider in Cambodia. In the last two years alone, Khmer Solar/ Kyocera has supplied 1.2 MW of solar energy to the telecom industry.

In 2005, Khmer Solar began to import solar hot water systems. Since then we have installed both small systems on homes and large systems for hotels. The systems are efficient, and heat up quickly, meaning that they work well even in the rainy season. While hot water is not in high demand in typical Cambodian households, it is a requirement in hotels and guest houses catering to foreigners.

Khmer Solar is the sole distributor in Cambodia and Vietnam for Sealite, the Australian manufacturer of high quality solar navigational lights that are used for tower lights, and markers for rivers and seaports. Since 2002, we have sold increasing numbers of these lights, a total of more than 2,000. 

Khmer Solar has installed more than 3000 solar home systems. Systems are sold as packages, the most popular package being an 87W system designed to power a 14”DC color television. The systems are extremely durable and have a high level of customer satisfaction.

Where the customer’s needs are more complex than television and lights, Khmer Solar designs systems to fit the client’s needs. These range from the system that power computers in 300 rural schools to a 16,800 watt system for a World Bank’s funded office and pumping system for the Department of Fisheries.

Solar electricity is particularly well suited for pumping water and can pump water from a deep well, open pond or a river to a storage tank.  In many cases, pumps can be directly connected to solar panels, so the pumps operates whenever the sun is out.  Other systems can be connected to batteries, allowing operators to pump water any time of the day or night using an on off swithch
Typical uses for solar water pumps
- Irrigation for small crops
- Drinking water for villages
- Health clinic water supply
- School Water Supply