P2B wind power project in Oriental Mindoro starts
CALAPAN CITY – The government has formally announced that the first phase of the P2-billion worth and 44-megawatt wind power project in Oriental Mindoro will start this April with the construction of the needed facilities in Puerto Galera municipality.
Oriental Mindoro First District Congressman Rodolfo G. Valencia told newsmen here that last March 15, a memorandum of agreement was signed by him, Governor Alfonso V. Umali, Jr., Director General Cayetano Paderanga of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras of Department of Energy (DOE) and Brulli Energia for the construction of 16-megawatt facility for the first phase of the project, which its groundbreaking will be held on April 15.
Congressman Valencia told newsmen that with the subsequent implementation of the total 44-megawatt wind power project, as a result of concerned groups’ cooperation, the power rates in the whole province will be lowered. This is because that aside from the said project in Puerto Galera, a similar undertaking is now being conceptualized for realization in Bulalacao, the southernmost tip municipality in Oriental Mindoro.
According to Valencia, once the project be completed, the P13 per kilowatt-hour being presently charged from electric consumers here will be lowered to an estimated P6.50 per kilowatt.
The project will be mainly managed by Brulli Energia, a private Italian company that handles major part of electric transmission grid in Italy and specializes in operating electric transmission stations and power plants from hydro power plant to wind farms.
The $44-million or almost P2-billion project is envisioned to be the “most modern and most efficient wind power in the Philippines.
According to the explanation of Gian Luigi Montorsi, managing director of Brulli Energia, there will only be 10-15% of the total project cost will be allotted to its maintenance cost. And once the project become successful, Oriental Mindoro is estimated to reach a total electric generating capacity of 260 megawatts.
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, on February 14, 2011 at 2:07 am.QUOTEYes, wind power needs backup. But it is not true that this has to come from toivencnonal power stations. Different types of backup are needed for different timescales of wind power outtage. Htydro is best for shor spikes, nuclear only for prolonged outages, various fossil fuels in between.UNQUOTETFJN I’m not sure where you live, but it does not seem to be in Australia.Australia is a dry continent. We have already dammed all the rivers that are there and that the Greens (and perhaps many others) will allow. So there is NO MORE hydro power potential in this country.Again I’m not sure where you’re from, but the majority of Australian voters and both political parties, are not extremely, crash hot keen on nuclear power.Also have you considered that having both a hydro AND a neclear power station on hand, both ticking over, (because who can tell if the need is short term orlong?) so they can instantly ramp up to full output, whenever mother nature decides to suddenly take a break well that may be just a bit more expensive than we Ausies are prepared to bear?But now I see.You do mention fossil fuels as a base for electricity production.Now THAT is a great idea.Clever thinking.We have odles and oddles and odddles of top quality coal very handily located to the main population centres.Clever lad.You left the obvious answer until last.Very droll!