August 22, 2016
LOPEZ-LED Energy
Development Corp. (EDC) said on Monday its 77-megawatt (MW) Malitbog Unit
2 geothermal power plant tripped last week.
The power facility, the
EDC said, “experienced a flashover inside the high-voltage terminal box,”
causing the unit to trip at around 5 p.m. on August 17. The
EDC said at the time of the incident, Malitbog Unit 2 was offline and in
the process of testing and commissioning its automatic voltage regulator (AVR)
under the supervision of ABB, the manufacturer of the AVR. It was part of a
30-day scheduled maintenance outage.
“The incident did not
have any impact on the grid as Malitbog Unit 2 was not synchronized to the grid
at that time, and no injuries were sustained by any of the personnel involved,”
the company said.
The EDC, ABB and other
consultants are currently conducting an assessment of the extent of the repairs
needed and a full review to determine all contributing factors that led to the
plant incident. “The EDC does have machinery breakdown and business
interruption insurance in place intended to respond in the case of such
incidents, and its insurers and their advisers have been informed about the
incident,” the company said.
It
added it will provide material developments once initial investigations are
completed.
The Malitbog power
plant is part of the Unified Leyte geothermal power plants.
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