mindanao electricity demand

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New Mindanao coal-fired power plant goes on stream Monday

January 7th, 2007

The controversial 210-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Misamis Oriental would formally operate on Monday with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo scheduled to lead the inauguration rites, company officials said.
The $305-million power plant, built by German energy firm STEAG on a 55.42-hectare property inside the Phividec Industrial Estate in Villanueva town, is expected to provide 15 percent [...]

Sultan Energy to open new coal-powered plant in South

August 10th, 2006

TO address the growing electricity demand in the region, Filipino-owned Sultan Energy Phils. Corp. has committed itself to build and operate a new minemouth coal-fired power plant in Mindanao that is targeted to be operational by 2011.
Rufino Bomasang, president of Sultan Energy and MG Mining and Energy Corp., on Wednesday announced that the company will [...]

Philippine: Retired plants to shift to natural gas

July 24th, 2006

The Department of Energy (DoE) is looking at the conversion of retired oil-based power plants into natural gas fuel as a way of shoring up power supply and bring notches higher the country’s bid for energy independence.
Among the five-point reform package that Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla has unveiled to be part of his department’s [...]


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