Sunstar Network
Thursday, September 30, 2010
MANILA -- The government is pushing for construction of non-hydro power plants to address power problem in Mindanao.
This is part of the government’s long-term solution to generate sufficient power supply for the province.
Energy Secretary Rene Almendras told Malacanang reporters Thursday that they are concentrating on building and enhancing coal-fired power plants to ease energy problem as early as the first quarter of next year.
Included in their list is the 200 megawatt (MW) enhancement of Steag, a hard-coal-fired plant in Mindanao and building of another 200 MW coal-fired power plant.
“Steag one is being rushed to get something moving by the first quarter of next year,” he stressed.
He estimated that the two projects will be done by 2013.(Jill Beltran/Sunnex)
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