By BusinessMirror - April
26, 2018
GRID operator National Grid Corp. of
the Philippines (NGCP) is spearheading efforts in Southeast Asia to find
innovative solutions for sustainable, reliable, resilient and efficient power
services.
The move seeks to ensure nonstop
operations of all power facilities and systems in the Philippines and the rest
of the region.
To boost its efforts, NGCP organized
and brought to the Philippines the Technical Congress Southeast Asia 2018
(TechCon SE Asia 2018). Hosted by Wilson Transformer Co., together with TJ/H2b
Analytical Services, the conference gathered experts from across the globe
to share their knowledge, experience and expertise on electricity transmission
and the power industry.
“Economies in Southeast Asia
continue to be more demanding as progress and development continually grow;
with that, the need to constantly satisfy the requirement for sustainable,
reliable, resilient and efficient power services requires the innovation and
nonstop operations of all our facilities and systems,” NGCP OIC-President
Anthony L. Almeda said.
Event participants have direct
interest in finding solutions to challenges facing the power industry, he
added.
Almeda said as the sole
transmission-service provider in charge of System Operations in the
Philippines, NGCP has a unique overarching view of the power industry as it
connects generators to distributors and power consumers.
“It is then only natural that we,
together with our partners and stakeholders, be at the forefront of all efforts
to address the different issues that will determine where our energy practices
and strategies will lead our country and the region,” he said.
Since 2015 TechCon has been the
power industry’s preeminent conference and exhibition known for its
international content. This year’s theme centered on “Life-management of
High-Voltage and Medium-Voltage power equipment,” and addressed current issues
that impact the power industry, such as asset management strategies for aging
electrical grid infrastructure.
NGCP, a privately owned corporation
in charge of operating, maintaining and developing the country’s power grid,
brings its years of knowledge and expertise on energy transmission to the
TechCon. Seasoned NGCP engineers provided a glimpse on how to operate the
country’s power-transmission network and shared their best practices to TechCon
participants, comprised mostly of engineers, managers, consultants, specialists
and service providers from the power industry.
TechCon SE Asia 2018 brought
together a diverse roster of power industry experts like Dr. Michel Duval,
creator of the Duval Triangle and a renowned leader in Dissolved Gas Analysis
(DGA), which is used to detect faults in transformers; Prof. Stefan Tenbohlen,
head of the Institute of Power Transmission and High-Voltage Technology of the
University of Stuttgart, Germany; and Dr. Antun Mikulecky of the University of
Zagreb, Croatia, who has 38 years of experience in power-transformers research
and development.
Aside from global experts in the
power industry, TechCon SE Asia 2018 also brought together members of the
International Council on Large Electric Systems, delegates from the Asean Power
Utilities Association, and key stakeholders from the Philippine energy sector
and NGCP.
“While TechCon welcomes participants
from our industry partners, it is essentially a program to develop our own
talent pool. This is part of NGCP’s five-year career development plan for our
engineers, designed to let them grow with the company in their chosen field
while delivering top service to our customers. It is a progressive way to
learn, share and think big, with our seasoned engineers passing their knowledge
on to our younger generation of engineers,” Almeda said.
NGCP needs to constantly develop a
skilled and resilient work force to ensure the reliability of the country’s
power grid.
During TechCon SE Asia 2018, NGCP
also trumpeted the One Grid 2020, or the P51.6-billion Mindanao-Visayas
Interconnection Project (MVIP), which aims to connect the Mindanao grid to the
Visayas grid by 2020.
Through the MVIP, the nation stands
to benefit as the country’s three major islands will be able to share and
transmit power when and where it is needed, thereby creating a unified and more
resilient grid.
NGCP is a Filipino-led, led by
majority shareholders Henry Sy Jr. and Robert Coyiuto Jr.
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