By:
Ronnel W. Domingo - 05:04 AM October 05, 2019
TeaM Philippines Energy Corp., in partnership with the European Union-Access to
Sustainable Energy Programme and the Department of Energy, yesterday powered
the Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) project in Pangasinan province
intended to help boost the productivity of rice farmers in Sual.
Through PURE project,
the group will provide Barangay Sioasio East rice farmers a milling center. The
package included a palay dehusker, a winnower and a destoner as well as a
sewing machine for making sacks for palay and milled rice.
The mill—powered by a
2-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and a powerhouse—and a concrete dryer for
palay are expected to increase average household income or savings by an
estimated P800 a month.
TeaM Energy, a venture
of Japanese firms including Marubeni and Tokyo Electric, operates the
1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Sual.
TeaM Energy Foundation
Inc. is also working with the town government of Sual and Central Pangasinan
Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco).
Sioasio East Solar
Power Association Inc., which also operates and manages the solar lighting
project in that barangay, will operate and manage the rice milling center.
Cenpelco will be providing technical and administrative oversight.
Through the Asep, the
European Union provided capacity-building trainings on financial management,
entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
TeaM Energy is looking
at the possibility of implementing the PURE Project in other sites under its
foundation’s solar electrification program.
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