posted June 28, 2016 at 11:10 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores
Forty power plants with
a combined capacity of 2,328 megawatts are expected to go online this year,
following the completion of 69 power projects during the six-year term of
President Benigno Aquino III, according to the Energy Department.
“Under the Aquino
administration, 69 power projects were commissioned providing additional
megawatts to our power supply,” the agency said in a draft transition report to
incoming Energy secretary Al Cusi.
The department said
with the continued pursuit of private sector participation in power generation,
the country’s total installed capacity increased to 18,765 MW in 2015 from
16,359 MW in 2010.
The report covering
2010 to 2015 said the average share of installed capacity by type of
power plant were recorded at 31.8 percent for coal, 33.8 percent for combined
renewable energy (wind, solar and biomass), 15.3 percent for natural gas and
19.2 percent for oil-based installations.
“Forty more projects
are expected to go online within 2016 which will further add 2,328 MW to total
dependable capacity from 16,432 MW in 2015,” the report said.
The department also
spearheaded the re-powering and rehabilitation of privatized power plants
during the period which resulted in an increase of 392 MW.
Outgoing Energy
Secretary Zenaida Monsada earlier said the department was already preparing an
“abridged version” of a report of the department’s accomplishments for Cusi, a
former general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority and a
former chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
“Most of that are for
power. There’s a lot of things to complete. Priority would be RPS [renewable
portfolio standards]. Next would be the RE market circular. And then FIT,
whether we still need it so we can meet our 2030 targets,” she said.
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