Business Mirror
Published on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 19:16 Written by Lenie Lectura / Reporter
BIOMASS Holdings Inc. (BHI), a subsidiary of Greenergy Holdings Inc., was slated on Wednesday to pay San Carlos BioPower Inc. (SCB) about P667.53 million for a 64-percent equity stake in the latter.
The payment signals the start of the construction of an 18-megawatt (MW) biomass facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
“BHI shall release the total investment price to SCB on March 6, which amount shall be treated as deposit for future subscription to common shares of SCB from the latter’s increase of authorized capital stock,” Greenergy Corporate Secretary Martin Subido said in a disclosure to the stock exchange on Wednesday. The biomass project is set to formally begin construction on April 2.
The said project was issued a certificate of registration by the Board of Investments in December last year and was confirmed by the energy department to have met the requirements to avail of feed-in-tariff concessionary rates on February 13.
BHI is a joint venture between Greenergy Holdings Inc. and Cleantech Projektgesellschaft mbH, a global investment holding company focused on renewable energy infrastructure and is managed by the ThomasLloyd Group.
SCB’s 18-MW biomass facility is a greenfield, stand-alone power project that can supply baseload power to the local grid. The biomass facility will use sugarcane residues and energy crops from dedicated plantations as feedstock.
“The facility will provide electricity to an area experiencing short supply of and increasing demand for power. It will also provide an additional source of income to the local farming community. San Carlos BioPower is committed to providing sustainable power from renewable sources of energy and to maintaining the environmental integrity of the surrounding area upon its completion in late 2013,” SCB said. source
Lenie Lectura
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