By Lenie Lectura - January 20, 2020
THE Alsons Power Group has commenced
construction of its first renewable-energy (RE) project in Sarangani province.
It said Sunday that its
14.5-megawatt run-of-river hydroelectric power plant at the Siguil River basin
in Maasim, Sarangani province, is expected to begin operations in 2022. The
P4.5-billion Siguil Hydro power project will cater to the rapidly developing
Sarangani, South Cotabato, General Santos City region.
Alsons Power, which is Mindanao’s
first and most experienced private-sector power generator, plans to develop at least
seven more run-of-river hydropower facilities in different parts of Mindanao
and Negros Occidental.
The next two hydropower facilities
in the group’s pipeline are the 38-MW Sindangan Hydro plant in Zamboanga del
Norte and the 42-MW Bago Hydro plant in Negros Occidental.
Once completed and operational,
these hydropower plants will constitute the bulk of the company’s power
facilities. “In the next few years, in terms of the number of power facilities,
renewable energy will constitute the largest segment in Alsons Power’s
portfolio,” said Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. Chairman and President
Tomas I. Alcantara.
Aside from the hydro plants, another
project in Alsons Power’s pipeline is the 105-MW San Ramon Power Inc. baseload
coal-fired power plant in Zamboanga City, which is scheduled to begin
operations in 2023. SRPI will soon select the plant’s engineering procurement
and construction contractor.
Alsons Power currently operates four
power facilities in Mindanao with a total generating capacity of 468 MW serving
over 8 million people in 14 cities and 11 provinces.
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