GN Power Seeks Approval for 300-Megawatt Onshore Wind Power Project in Philippines

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Power generation and transmission company GN Power Limited Company (Pasig City, Philippines) is keen to develop a 300-megawatt (MW) onshore wind power facility in the province of Bataan in the Philippines and has applied to the country's Department of Energy (DOE) for project approval. However, according to DOE Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan, "GN Power has an application for a wind project, but their submission is still incomplete."

GN Power is a consortium comprising Netherlands-based GN Power Limited and Filipino companies Power Partners Limited Company and GN Power Holdings Philippines GP Corporation.

GN Power is setting up an integrated, multiphase power generating and fuel-handling complex across a 247-acre coastal site in the Luzon region. The proposed 300-MW project will constitute the third phase of the energy complex. The pump storage and wind turbines will be located at sites in Bataan. The energy complex will be developed in phases in response to the growing power demand in the Luzon region.

According to GN Power, the completed complex will have a total power generation capacity of 2,700 MW and flexible transmission options. The fuel-handling capacity of the complex will be more than 100 billion cubic feet per year and will be able to handle both liquid and gaseous fuels. The power capacity should be enough to meet the power demands of the region in the coming decade.

Construction of the first phase of the project is already under way and is scheduled to be completed in late 2012. Construction entials the development of a 600-MW clean coal-fired power project for baseload service that will have a projected service life of 50 years. The project site is near Mariveles in Bataan. The second phase will establish a 600-MW hydroelectric pumped storage plant that will be used for intermediate and peak-load service. The fourth phase will include a 1,200-MW power plant fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and additional fuel-handling facilities. The LNG power plant will require a pipeline network for transporting the fuel to industrial power plants in addition to enhancing the energy security of the nation. The energy complex includes the development of the associated power transmission lines. The country's Energy Regulatory Commission (Manila, Philippines) has already approved the $21 million interconnection line for the coal-fired power project.

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