DOE: More green projects up for grid impact study
About 23 more renewable projects have been cleared to undergo a study intended to determine if their output can be accommodated by the country’s grid operator, the Department of Energy (DOE) said.
In a document posted on its website, the DOE said that in Oct., 24 projects were endorsed to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) for a system impact study (SIS).
Once determined that the additional capacity can be absorbed and then transmitted by the NGCP, then the project can proceed.
The 23 projects were proposed clean energy developments, while the other one was an energy storage system.
Of these renewable projects, 12 are solar and 11 for wind.
Some notable projects include Bondoc Wind Corp.’s 2-gigawatt wind power project, composed of onshore and offshore developments in Quezon and Masbate.
Other projects up for SIS include the 100-megawatt (MW) wind power project of First Gen Visayas Energy Inc. in Nueva Ecija and the 112-MW wind development of Aboitiz Solar Power, Inc. in Batangas.
Tech Energi Reserves, Inc. has also proposed to pursue a 100-MW wind project in Cebu.
AP Renewable Energy Corp.’s solar power project in the province of Zambales has also secured endorsement to move forward for the SIS.
This development will be completed in two phases with a total capacity of 387.234 megawatt peak (MWp).
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GIGASOL9, Inc.’s solar project in Quezon with a capacity of 206.9 MWp has also received the DOE’s go signal for the linkage study.
Pacific Impact Energy Corp., meanwhile, has two wind projects in Albay province, with each having 49.500 MW capacity.
It also has a 61.547 MWp solar power project in the province of Pangasinan.
Since January, the agency has issued SIS endorsement to 172 projects, 66 of which are clean energy projects, while five are energy storage systems.
The Marcos administration has been urging the private sector to pour more money into the renewables market.
From the current 22 percent, the government hopes to increase clean energy’s share in the power generation mix to 35 percent by 2030.
