Canadian company to put up wind-power plants in RP
Including one in Zambales
By Niel V. Mugas, Manila Times Reporter
ALLIED Energy Logistics has firmed up plans to put up at least three wind-based generation plants in the Philippines, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said.
Mario Marasigan, Energy Utilization Management Bureau director, said the three wind-based power plants would have a combined generating capacity of 100-megawatts.
The company has chosen Ilocos Norte, Cavite and Zambales provinces as sites for its planned power plants, the DOE official said.
“The company has been expressing its desire to put up wind-energy plants here as early as the last quarter of 2005 but it is only now that it has firmed up its plans,” he said, adding the Canada-based firm formally proposed its project early this month.
Marasigan said Allied Energy would have to invest about $250 million for the project. This is based on the DOE’s benchmark rate of $2.5 million requirement for every megawatt of wind-based energy generated.
Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said Allied Energy’s project will help ensure the Philippines’ energy independence and reduce dependence on high-cost fossil fuels for electricity production.
The country is also angling to become Southeast Asia’s leader in wind-energy technology.
Earlier, Northwind Power Development Corp., installed a 25-5 megawatt wind-based plant in Bangui, Ilocos Norte province.
Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp. likewise is setting up a 40-megawatt wind power plant in nearby Burgos town to complement the existing facility.
The government plans to offer 16 wind sites with a combined generating capacity of 400 megawatts during the second wind-energy contracting round slated in March this year. Last year, the government offered a dozen sites with a generating capacity of 345 megawatts.
The Philippines has an estimated potential of 7,404 megawatts covering 1, 038 wind sites according to a 2003 study. In Luzon alone, 686 potential sites in 28 provinces have been identified with a total capacity of 4,900 megawatts. Some 305 sites exist in the Visayas with a capacity of 2, 168 megawatts, while 47 sites are known in Mindanao with a potential 336 megawatts in generating capacity.
By Niel V. Mugas, Manila Times Reporter
ALLIED Energy Logistics has firmed up plans to put up at least three wind-based generation plants in the Philippines, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said.
Mario Marasigan, Energy Utilization Management Bureau director, said the three wind-based power plants would have a combined generating capacity of 100-megawatts.
The company has chosen Ilocos Norte, Cavite and Zambales provinces as sites for its planned power plants, the DOE official said.
“The company has been expressing its desire to put up wind-energy plants here as early as the last quarter of 2005 but it is only now that it has firmed up its plans,” he said, adding the Canada-based firm formally proposed its project early this month.
Marasigan said Allied Energy would have to invest about $250 million for the project. This is based on the DOE’s benchmark rate of $2.5 million requirement for every megawatt of wind-based energy generated.
Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said Allied Energy’s project will help ensure the Philippines’ energy independence and reduce dependence on high-cost fossil fuels for electricity production.
The country is also angling to become Southeast Asia’s leader in wind-energy technology.
Earlier, Northwind Power Development Corp., installed a 25-5 megawatt wind-based plant in Bangui, Ilocos Norte province.
Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp. likewise is setting up a 40-megawatt wind power plant in nearby Burgos town to complement the existing facility.
The government plans to offer 16 wind sites with a combined generating capacity of 400 megawatts during the second wind-energy contracting round slated in March this year. Last year, the government offered a dozen sites with a generating capacity of 345 megawatts.
The Philippines has an estimated potential of 7,404 megawatts covering 1, 038 wind sites according to a 2003 study. In Luzon alone, 686 potential sites in 28 provinces have been identified with a total capacity of 4,900 megawatts. Some 305 sites exist in the Visayas with a capacity of 2, 168 megawatts, while 47 sites are known in Mindanao with a potential 336 megawatts in generating capacity.
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