The Regional Development Council (RDC) is looking to tap the Pinipisakan Falls in Las Navas, Northern Samar for a hydro project in order to help alleviate the energy shortage the region is suffering that is resulting in blackouts. They have asked the Dept of Energy (DOE) to commission a P3M study which will guage its viability. The study is targeted to start this month and to finish by February of 2011.

With an available head of 21M, Initial inspection by the DOE says that the falls could hopefully generate 7MW.
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SN Aboitiz Power Inc, a joint venture between Aboitiz Power Corp. and SN Power Invest announced that the rehabilitation of the 175 MW Ambuklao-Binga hydro electric power plants is ongoing and will cost about $280-million.

The money will be used to recommission the Ambuklao power plant that was damaged in an 1999 earthquake as well as to upgrade the generation capacity of the Binga plant. The expected capacity after this upgrade and repair is 225 MW with a combined annual generation charge of 760 giga-watt-hours.
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Hedcor’s proposed Hydro Electric power projects found no endorsement from the City Council of Davao as the committee on energy and environment crafted a resolution to deny endorsement of the projects of Hedcor situated in Tamugan, Panigan and Suawan rivers.

Despite ECC’s already being issued by the Dept of Env and Natural Resources(DENR) and approval to proceed given by the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), one stumbling block that Hedcor had to face was the Watershed code of the City of Davao that prohibits any development in a designated watershed area. In order to fix that problem the Watershed Code would have to be amended by the Davao City council, which of course as of this posting, is against the said projects.
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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

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The Aboitiz Group’s Hydro electric subsidiary, Hedcor Inc, announced plans of investing over $76.64 million in the construction of mini hydro electric power plants in the Philippines. Specifically the provinces of Benguet and Davao.

The plants in Benguet will be Ampohaw, Bineng 1 & 2, Bineng 2B, Bineng 3, FLS, Irisan 3,Lon-oy, Lower Labay and Sal-angan. While the ones in Davao City are Talomo 1, 2, 2A, 2B and Talomo 3. They are expected to add over 38MW of energy to the grid.
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Oriental Energy & Power Generation Co (OEPGC) president, Caroline Tanchay, said that they are planning to construct a P2.5 Billion hydro electric power plant in Panay Island to address the electricity problem of Aklan province. OEPGC is a subsidiary of publicly listed mining firm Oriental Peninsula Resources Group

70% of the electricity supplied to Panay comes from barges that have diesel power plants in them. Philippine Department of Energy data shows that Panay Island needs 189 MW of power, with its current capacity only producing 127.3 MW. The DOE also estimates that the island would need at least 30 MW of additional power in order to meet the islands future demand.

OEPGC’s planned hydro-electric power project will generate 18 MW and would have first dibs in supplying energy to the grid once constructed.

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