Manila Times.net
TWO firms, including an Italian company, are keen on developing wind farms in Oriental Mindoro.
Rodolfo Valencia, representative of the first district of the province and member of the House Committee on Energy, told reporters that Brulli Energia is scouring Oriental Mindoro for potential wind projects.
“There are Italian investors now looking at some wind power projects,” he said.
Oriental Mindoro, which is not connected to the main grid, is suffering from unstable electricity supply. The power requirements of the province is served by private producers through diesel-fired generating facilities.
Despite this, the province is awash with untapped renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and geothermal power.
Valencia said Occidental Mindoro’s green power sources could easily provide over 200 megawatts of generating capacity.
Bruelli Energia is one of the companies seeking to take advantage of this potential. The company is conducting studies on the land foundation and soil analysis for its proposed wind projects.
Brulli Energia was a result of a merger between Energeo company, which specializes in power generation and transmission, and Brulli, a firm known for putting up civil and industrial plants.
Aside from the Italian firm, Valencia said that Philippine Hybrid Energy Systems Inc. (Phesi) is also looking at Oriental Mindoro’s potential power resources.
Phesi is a local company with pre-commercial contracts from the government to develop wind sites in Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate and Romblon.
Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo
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