posted January 27, 2016 at 11:20 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores
Two solar energy products with a
combined capacity of nearly 100 megawatts have asked approval of the Energy
Regulatory Commission to construct power lines connecting their solar farms to
the transmission grid.
Solar Philippines Calatagan Corp.
and Enfinity Renewable Resources Fourth Inc. filed separate petitions with ERC
for their respective point-to-point dedicated facilities connecting to the
transmission system of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.
Solar Philippines is building a
50-megawatt to 63.3-MW solar power plant in Calatagan, Batangas, while Enfnity
Philippines Renewable Resources Fourth Inc. is putting up a 25-MW to
33.6-MW solar plant in Digos City, Davao del Sur.
Both plants are nearing completion
in line with the March 2016 deadline set by the Energy Department in order to
qualify for the feed-in-tariff system.
Solar Philippines plans to connect
the dedicated facility from the power plant to the grid through the National
Grid Calaca switchyard while Enfinity Renewable plans to connect to the Matanao
substation of the grid operator.
The power plants are applying for
the inclusion of their power plants in the feed-in tariff system under second
round of solar installation targets at a rate of P8.69 per kilowatt-hour.
“Enfinity’s need for a provisional
authority for its Enfinity-Digos solar power plant is highly critical and
urgent because of the DoE’s first-come, first-served policy on the allocation
of the revised 500-MW solar installation target,” Enfinity said.
Only projects which connected to the
grid or a distribution utility and could export power are qualified for the
first-come-first served policy, it said.
Enfinity said it should qualify for
the feed-in tariff because there was still no spot market in Mindanao.
“Enfinity’s successful connection to
the Mindanao grid by 2016 will further help in addressing the issue of
sufficiency of power in Mindanao,” it said.
Meanwhile, Solar Philippines said
the completion of its solar facility would ensure additional capacity for Luzon
during the dry months.
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