(The Philippine Star) | Updated October 16, 2017 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines
— Five power projects with a total combined capacity of 1,363 megawatts
were cleared by the Department of Energy to conduct grid impact studies (GIS).
The GIS is necessary in
determining if the electricity to be generated by the power project can be
absorbed by the grid.
Based on the DOE data,
the largest project of the lot is the 2x500 MW coal-fired power plant of Kepco
Philippines in Sual, Pangasinan.
Kepco Philippines owns
the 1,200-MW Ilijan natural gas power plant, which is under a
build-operate-transfer contract.
Two projects are
diesel-based. AC Energy DevCo Inc. was cleared to conduct GIS on a 300-MW
diesel modular genarator set power plant in Pililia, Rizal.
AC Energy DevCo is
affiliated with Ayala Energy Holdings Inc. which took over Bronzeoak
Philippines Inc. It owns solar projects in Negros — San Carlos Solar
Energy, Negros Island Solar Energy, and Monte Solar Energy.
Meanwhile, SPC Power
Corp. received the go-ahead to do studies on a 32-MW diesel power barge in
Cortes, Bohol.
SPC Power earlier said
it was entering the renewable energy business to sustain its
profitability after it recorded an all-time high performance in 2016.
However, it will not abandon plans to pursue coal-fired power projects and
power barges.
The remaining two
projects are renewable energy developments. VS Gripal Power Corp. is eyeing to
develop a six-MW biomass power plant in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija while
Electra Ecoenergy Corp. is pursuing a 25-MW solar power project in Brgy. Patag,
Opol, Misamis Oriental.
So far, the DOE has
allowed firms to conduct GIS on 51 projects this year. Of the total, 37 are
renewable energy projects: 17 solar farms, 11 hydropower plants, five wind
projects and four biomass plants.
The agency also cleared
studies for seven diesel-fired power projects, three coal-fired power plants,
three gas-fired power facilities and only one battery storage project.
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