Producers vow to add 2,942 MW to Luzon grid

Business Mirror
by Lenie Lectura - Oct 13, 2014 

POWER producers have committed to supply the Luzon grid of a total of 2,942.03 megawatts (MW) of rated capacity between now and up to 2017.

A list of private sector-initiated committed power projects in Luzon showed the coal projects amount to 1,372 MW; natural gas, 1,150 MW; hydro, 34.3 MW; solar, 50 MW; wind, 254.40 MW; and biomass, 81.33 MW.

The coal projects include the 135-MW Puting Bato Phase 1 of South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. (SLTC), with target commercial operation within the month 300-MW the Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp., with the first 150 MW ready by March 2015 and the second unit by June 2015; the 135-MW Puting Bato Phase 2, which will be ready by November 2015; the Anda Power Corp.’s 82 MW, ready by October 2015; the 300-MW Limay Power Plant Phase 1 of SMC Consolidated Power Corp., the first unit ready by March 2016 and the second unit by September 2016; and the Pagbilao Energy Corp.’s 420 MW, ready by November 2017.

For the natural-gas power projects, Energy World Corp.’s 600-MW facility will be ready by March 2015 for the first 200 MW, by December 2015 for the second 200 MW and by December 2016 for the last 200 MW; the 100-MW San Gabriel Avion of Prime Meridian PowerGen Corp., October 2015; and the 450-MW San Gabriel of First NatGas Power Corp., March 2016.

For hydro power plants, the 13.2-MW project of Hedcor Sabangan Inc. will be ready by June 2015; 10 MW of Ormin Power Inc., December 2015; 8 MW of Sta. Clara Power Corp., March 2016; 2.1 MW of Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative Inc., March 2016; and the 1-MW power project of DPJ Engineers and Consultants.

For solar-power projects, the 40-MW power facility of Majestic Energy Corp. will be ready within the month, while the 10-MW project of Rasiag Corp. will come on stream by December this year.

For wind power, Northwind Power Development Corp. has committed its 18.9-MW facility; EDC Burgos Wind Power Corp., 87 MW; Northern UPC Asia Corp., 81MW; and Alterenergy Wind One Corp., 67.5 MW.

The Department of Energy, in separate data submitted before the Senate last week, said it was looking at adding 156 MW of additional capacity for Luzon in time for the summer months of 2015.

These will come from the 100-MW power project of First Gen Corp.’s Avion power plant, which is expected to come on line by April; 36 MW from Millennium Energy’s Limay plant by March; and 20 MW from the rehabilitated Bauang plant by March.

The Luzon grid is anticipated to be in need of 900 MW next year. source