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August 23, 2005
Phillipines to lead in alternative energy
(Renewable Energy Access): Philippines hopes to double its renewable energy capacity to 60 percent by year 2013, according to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Arroyo administration.
Using its abundance of resources from the sun, wind, ocean, biomass, geothermal energy, the country thinks it could become a solar manufacturing export hub of the Association of Southeast.
Completion is expected of a solar utility power plant in Puerto Princesa City, located in Mangingisda Village. 25,000 solar panels covering 20-hectares will be installed to support the city's energy supply. It will generate 5 MW of electricity over a 20-year period, with a capacity equivalent to 550,000 barrels of oil.
With the installation of the country's first wind power in Bagui Bay Remote, non-electrified villages will soon have electricity for the first time. The country's goal is to install wind-based power projects with a capacity of at least 417 MW over the next 10 years.
Biomass energy can be generated from Philippines' agricultural residue like wood, straw, animal manure, rice husks, and sugar cane. Burning these agricultural wastes can generate heat, steam, and energy able to operate a 30 MW biomass plant. One biomass plant is that of the UK-based Bronzeoak, which will soon see a US$100 million expansion. Another experimental project in Isabela will use rice hulls to produce biomass power.
Philippines is currently the second largest geothermal energy producer in the world, behind the US. Its power plants rely on geothermal and hydropower energy as a major source of electricity in many areas.
Posted by admin at August 23, 2005 03:19 PM
Comments
want to know the development in power sector specialy in wind and solar energy
Posted by: sabir hussain at September 4, 2005 03:12 PM
Sir,
we really hope that this project will be completed very soon, i knew that with this solar technology as our alternative source of Energy, we will be at least be independent on the world issue on continiuos increase in OIL in the world market, it will more better if you start to introduce this technology in household in metro manila,
Posted by: Enrique Olivares Espinosa at September 21, 2005 12:43 PM