Completion of 600-Megawatt Subic Bay Plant Crucial for Philippine Power Security

JOHANNESBURG--August 12, 2013--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The proposed 600-megawatt, coal-fired power plant project sited at Subic Bay in the Philippines continues to run into strong headwinds from environmental groups. The Philippine Court of Appeals recently confirmed an earlier ruling invalidating the environmental compliance certificate issued by the country's Department of Environment and Natural Resources to RP Energy for the plant to be built inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.