By Alena Mae S. Flores Posted on Jan. 16, 2013 at 12:01am
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp., through unit SMC Global Power Corp., is putting up a 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Limay, Bataan, an industry source said Tuesday.
“The SMC coal plant is in Limay, Bataan. It’s a 4 x 150-MW circulating fluidized bed broiler,” the source said.
The source added San Miguel was negotiating with electric power cooperatives and other prospective buyers of Limay coal plant’s output. The plant is expected to be completed by 2016.
LCI Envi Corp., an environmental consultancy company, recently conducted an environmental impact study on the proposed Limay coal plant.
SMC Global is also pursuing the construction of a 300-MW coal plant in Mindanao to address the island’s power needs by late 2015.
The proposed Mindanao plant, which will be fueled by the company’s coal mines, will also utilize the clean coal technology.
San Miguel, according to an industry source, will offer competitive rates to electric cooperatives because of the cheaper fuel coming from the Daguma mines owned by the company. source
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