ADDITIONAL generating capacity from a 200-megawatt (MW) power plant of Korea Electric Power Co. (Kepco) and SPC Power Corp. (SPCPC) in Naga, Cebu, has been synchronized to the Visayas grid. On Wednesday Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia led the synchronization ceremony for the first unit of Kepco-SPCPC (KSPC)-owned power plant.
The company said the synchronization is one of the power plant’s most significant events prior to the commercial operation of Unit 1 in February and Unit 2 in May 2011.
Even though it is still undergoing testing and commissioning during this period, the additional power that it will contribute to the grid will significantly help alleviate the deficiency in power supply in the Visayas region, particularly in Cebu, Negros and Panay.
The Cebu plant’s synchronization to the grid is very important to the Visayas power system.
The result of the Grid Impact Study conducted for the project showed that the power plant will not just increase the supply and reserve capacity, but would also contribute to the power quality in the grid.
Jang Pyo Lee, Kepco vice president, said the power plant uses the modern circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) technology, the most environment-friendly coal technology available to date. This, as the components of fly ash from this technology are way lower than the standard environmental regulation figures.
The efficiency of this technology has been proven worldwide by the more than 1,300 CFBC units operating in different countries, some of which are even located in urban areas, he further noted.
Aside from job creation, the power plant will also bring social development for the locality. Under the Energy department’s Energy Regulation 1-94, the host community of the plant will benefit one centavo per kilowatt-hour of total electricity sales.
This financial benefit may be used to fund rural electrification, livelihood and development projects, reforestation management, watershed rehabilitation, health and other environment preservation projects.
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