Wind service contracts returned–DOE

Business Mirror
SUNDAY, 04 MARCH 2012 19:54 PAUL ANTHONY A. ISLA


A NUMBER of wind-service contracts have been relinquished and returned to the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Undersecretary Jose Layug Jr. told reporters.
“Sixty wind-service contractors have surrendered their contracts due to inconsistencies in the wind-mass data in their wind sites, which affected the viability of the projects,” the DOE official said in an interview.


Layug said they sought the 60 of 227 wind service contractors to send them show-cause letters to explain or detail their stages of development.


Under the service contract, Layug said the contract holders have two years to complete their feasibility studies, which have lapsed last year.


Their reports, according to Layug, have indicated that the strength of the wind flow in their contract areas was inconsistent.


Layug said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered to help the DOE in coming up with its wind-resource map or guide.


Layug said though that the service contracts were issued to potential developers for them to do their feasibility studies in the potential areas identified.


“Even if we have a study, they have to validate that [data],” he added.


In the case of wind for instance, Layug said the developers should have at least two-years worth of wind-mass data.


(Paul Anthony A. Isla)