May 16, 2019 | 10:19 pm
ENERGY Development Corp. (EDC) said
it signed an agreement to supply power from its geothermal plant to Hamlin
Industrial Corp.’s facility in Cavite.
In a statement Thursday, it said
garment exporter Hamlin’s Carmona facility will be sourcing energy from EDC’s
Bacon-Manito geothermal project in the Bicol region, adding to the clean and
renewable energy company’s growing list of retail supply contracts.
The contract with Hamlin, the local
unit of NST Group, was signed on April 23 in Cavite.
“We believe geothermal power is a
great fit for our business. It is a great complement to the biomass boiler we
have on-site, which powers our air conditioning systems, among others, using
waste materials generated from production,” said Lawrence Delos Santos, Hamlin
president and director of NST Apparel, in a statement.
NST also has production facilities
in Portugal and China.
Marvin Kenneth Bailon, EDC head of
business development, marketing, and trading, said: “We are happy to support
businesses like Hamlin. Geothermal, for us, is the holy grail of renewable
energy. It is clean, and it is baseload, hence it is reliable and can run 24/7
without depending on the seasons.”
In April, EDC signed up Mondelez
Philippines, Inc., a unit of global snack group Mondelez International, Inc.
The company’s manufacturing plant in
Sucat, Parañaque City is now powered by 100% geothermal energy as supplied by
EDC’s Bacon-Manito geothermal plant.
Mondelez Philippines makes and
distributes Eden cheese, Cheez Whiz, Tang powdered beverages, Oreo cookies,
Toblerone, and Cadbury milk chocolate.
Also in April, EDC signed a similar
deal with Neltex Development Co., Inc., a manufacturer of plastic pipe
solutions.
Neltex also tapped geothermal energy
from Bacon-Manito for its production facility in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
EDC is one of the world’s largest
geothermal producers and the country’s leading renewable energy company with an
installed capacity of 1,471.8 megawatts. It is a subsidiary of listed First Gen
Corp., the country’s largest clean energy company, with a portfolio that
includes natural gas, geothermal, solar, wind, and hydro. — Victor V. Saulon
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