By Alena Mae S. Flores | Posted on July 19, 2012 | 12:02am
The government targets to generate additional 2,000 megawatts of geothermal energy by 2030, doubling the country’s geothermal capacity to 4,000 MW, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said Wednesday.
“My dream is to generate an additional 2,000 MW of geothermal in the Philippines,” Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras told reporters at the sidelines of the Geothermal Investment and Regulation Forum sponsored by the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and New Zealand Embassy.
Almendras said New Zealand’s presence during the forum would be helpful in achieving the department’s long-term geothermal goal.
“If we all come and work together, I think we can accelerate the development of geothermal resources in the Philippines,” Almendras said.
The Philippines currently has geothermal capacity of 1,972 MW, making it the second-largest geothermal producer in the world after the US.
Bulk of the country’s geothermal production comes from the steam field and power plants of Energy Development Corp., an affiliate of Lopez-controlled First Gen Corp.
Almendras said the remaining unexplored geothermal field had lower generating capacity, but this could be addressed by the use of new technology or geothermal expertise from countries such as New Zealand. source
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