Conal Holdings Corp. (CHC) owned by the Alcantara Family announced plans to put up clean energy projects in the Visayas and Mindanao region with a combined capacity of 100MW. Specifically the projects will be hydro-electric in nature.

These projects are:

1. 17 MW mini hydro power plant in Siguel River in Sarangani Province.
2. 30 MW hydro electric power plant Kalaong River in Maitum, Sarangani Province that is currently undergoing study.
3. 40 MW hydro electric power plant in Bago River, Negros Occidental
4. 12 MW hydro electric power plant in Carol-an River, Negros Occidental

CHC also saw this announcement as an opportunity to defend their proposed $450 Million 200 MW coal fired power plant project in Maasim that various sectors, including the Catholic Church, are opposing. Environmentalists are claiming that coal fired power plant will cause acid rain, worsen asthma and pose harm to aquatic life.

CHC explained that the power plant will have the latest in circulating fluidized bed technology that will ensure that the potential poisonous sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions will be below legal limits.

The power plant had already acquired an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) last April and construction will most likely begin at the end of Q1 of 2010.

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