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Abstract
The article deals with different scales of electricity production in Laos and Cambodia affecting the sustainability discourse. The discourse of local small-scale production emphasising the environmental and social aspects often conflicts with the techno-economic discourse of larger scale and economic efficiency. The article analyses different cases of power production with renewable energy in Laos and Cambodia in off-grid or mini grid situations and the electrification process. The analysis looks at different elements related to social, technical, economic, environmental, political and health aspects of electricity production in different scales of electrification from household level to village level, multiple village level and national level. The aim is to integrate different dimensions of sustainability into a single framework and to deepen the analysis with the use of the STEEPV (social, technical, economic, environmental, political, value) approach.