By MST Business Posted on May 20, 2013 at 12:01am
Alsons Power Corp., the Alcantara Group’s power project development and power generation management business unit, said over the weekend all three of its Mindanao-based diesel power plants produced up to 176 megawatts of electricity to the Mindanao grid on the May 13 election.
Alsons Power’s three operating diesel plants in Mindanao—Mapalad Power Corp. in Iligan City, Southern Philippines Power Corp. in Alabel, Sarangani and Western Mindanao Power Corp. in Zamboanga City—were all put on a 24-hour alert starting May 12 by the Alcantara Group so they could fully supply any contingency requirement to ensure the uninterrupted conduct of the elections on May 13 until the transmission of the results.
All three power facilities were placed on full alert from 12 a.m. of Sunday May 12 until 12 a.m. of Tuesday May 14. All leave credits for plant personnel were canceled and all essential operations personnel were on duty to ensure that the plants were ready to address any contingency related to power supply, a statement said.
Procedures were also initiated in all three facilities to ensure the adequacy of fuel supply. All engines were also placed on “hot’ mode. The heightened operation of the diesel plants helped ensure a steady supply of uninterrupted power for Iligan City, Zamboanga City and other key areas of Mindanao during the election period.
On Election Day, the Mapalad Plant provided 26 MW of electricity to Iligan City and other key localities in Mindanao. Iligan City, which has 1,099 polling precincts and over 138,177 registered voters, experienced no brownout during the period.
Since the Alcantara Group operating under the name of Mapalad Power assumed control of and began rehabilitation work on the 20-year–old, 98-MW Iligan plant on March 11, five of its 18 diesel engines have been fully repaired, rehabilitated and brought on line.
The plant commenced operating on a ramp-up basis on April 2013 and began producing at least 10 MW for delivery to its client distribution utilities in Mindanao last May 6. The Alcantara Group is spending P1.2 billion for the acquisition, rehabilitation and other expenses for the reoperation of the plant.
By the end of May 2013, Mapalad Power will bring four more diesel engines online, with all the nine operating engines producing at least 40 MW of electricity by June 2013. The Iligan diesel plant will complete delivery of its full 98-MW capacity by September 2013. source
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