LISTED ABOITIZ Power Corp. will be providing “clean energy” to the San Fernando Electric Light and Power Co. in Pampanga. In a statement, the company said it had signed a power supply agreement with the Pampanga utility to provide 70 to 90 megawatts (MW) of power from the Tiwi and MakBan geothermal plants. “Part of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Power supply’
Aboitiz inks deal with San Fernando utility (9/27/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Aboitiz, Clean energy, Power supply on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
American owner of Masinloc plant to add 60MW of capacity (9/23/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Coal, Generation, Investments, Masinloc, Power supply on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III is scheduled to meet top executives of American power producer AES Corp. Wednesday in New York (Thursday in Manila) to discuss the expansion of the Masinloc power plant in Zambales. “[There will be an] increase in capacity. They are looking to expand capacity [of the power plant to] 660 [...]
Power supply uncertainty returns (9/22/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, Power shortage, Power supply on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
KORONADAL/CAGAYAN DE ORO — Mindanao, which has never fully recovered from the crippling power outages that hit amid the dry spell in the first half, faces renewed uncertainty as the new wave of rotating hours-long brownouts that started last Sept. 13 persists. A check with the Web site of the National Grid Corporation of the [...]
Mindanao traders cite urgent need for more power plants (9/20/2010)
Posted in Philippine Star News, tagged Hydro energy, Investments, Mindanao, Power supply on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Big Mindanao-based business leaders are calling for the construction of additional generating capacities throughout the island. Ralph Paguio, chairman of the Cagayan de Oro City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Mindanao needs to “power up” to meet the growing demand of power supply and to veer away from too much reliance on hydroelectric dams [...]
Mindanao needs 500 MW in non-hydro power capacity (9/20/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Coal, Generation, Hydro energy, Mindanao, Power supply on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Energy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras wants the Mindanao grid to have at least 500 megawatts (MW) in baseload generation capacity from non-hydro sources such as coal, to insulate the island from severe power outages and unstable supply in the near future. “Our problem in Mindanao is our overdependence on hydropower,” Almendras said. With climate [...]
Aquino Urges Tapping of Solar Power to Help Resolve Power Outages (9/17/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Power supply, Renewable energy, Solar energy on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
President Benigno S. Aquino III Thursday said he wants a windmill farm in Camiguin or Davao del Sur and a village in Surigao del Sur or Davao Oriental to use solar power as part of a long-term solution to the power shortage gripping Mindanao. In his speech during the launch of the Sibulan Hydroelectric Power [...]
Ensuring sufficient power tagged as top priority (9/17/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, Power supply on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
DAVAO CITY — In his first visit to Davao Region since assuming office, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III said he has ordered the Energy department to a chart long-term road map to maximize use of other energy sources to solve Mindanao’s lack of electricity. “By the time I leave office, it is my hope [...]
PNOC-EC Seeks Partners for $100-M Isabela Coal Plant (9/14/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Coal, PNOC-EC, Power supply on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
PNOC-Exploration Corporation is looking for possible joint venture partners for its planned $100-million 50 megawatt Isabela coal-fired power plant and is already holding exploratory talks with three firms. According to PNOC Exploration project officer Rolly Oliquino Jr., the Isabela coal power plant, which will utilize circulating fluidized bed or clean coal technology, has drawn interest [...]
Aboitiz opens Davao hydro plant (9/16/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Aboitiz, Generation, Hydro energy, Power supply on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LISTED ABOITIZ Power Corp. launched its 42.5-megawatt Sibulan hydroelectric power plant in Davao del Sur today. In a statement, Aboitiz Power President and Chief Executive Erramon I. Aboitiz said the plant should help address growing demand for power in Mindanao. “The Sibulan hydropower project is a vital greenfield project for Southern Mindanao. It will deliver [...]
S. Mindanao to experience rotating brownouts due to power line repair (9/13/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, NGCP, Power supply on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Portions of Southern Mindanao will experience rotating brownouts starting today due to the repair of a major distribution line, according to an advisory issued by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to affected distribution utilities in the island. In a letter sent to power distributors at the weekend, the private operator of the [...]
