Published April 26, 2018, 9:00 PM By Minerva BC Newman
Cebu City – A Cebuano energy firm
launched Tuesday its second hybrid power plant in Palawan.
Vivant Corporation Chairman Emil
Garcia said the company already has a hybrid plant in Bantayan Island, Cebu,
since last January.
Vivant also launched a solar
electrification project for the Hilotongan Island Integrated School, an islet
off Bantayan, Garcia said.
The Palawan plant will bring
renewable and reliable energy to Barangay Cabayuan, in the capital city of
Puerto Princesa, “and we are proud to become part of a project that supports
the economic development of the province,” he said.
The firm has partnered with WEnergy
Global and Gigawatt Power, Inc. to form the Sabang Renewable Energy Corporation
(SREC), a renewable energy developer that is registered with the Department of
Energy (DOE).
The organization aims to provide
households and business establishments in small island communities with a
steady electricity supply, Garcia added.
The project is expected to be
operational in 2019 and will be operated by SREC under an Energy Regulatory
Commission-approved Qualified Third Party (QTP) Agreement with the Palawan
Electric Cooperative (PALECO).
As a QTP, Sabang Renewable Energy
will distribute electricity in Barangay Cabayugan, which has been waived from
PALECO’s franchise area, Garcia said.
Only a few households and
tourism-related establishments in the area have three to six hours of
electricity from small diesel generators.
“With the launching of the hybrid
power plant, the SREC project can provide electricity to the more than 650
residential, public, and commercial establishments in the area,” Garcia said.
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