A study conducted by the Renewable Energy Coalition states that the Philippines has the following renewable energy potential:

1. Geothermal - 4,531 MW
2. Hydro electric - 13,097 MW
3. Wind -76,600 MW
4. Wave - 170,000 MW
5. Biomass - 277 Million Barrels Fuel Oil equivalent (MBFOE)/year
6. Solar Power - 5 ~ 5.1 KwH per square meter per day.

According to the article this gives the Philippine about 204,228 MW of harvestable energy from renewable energy sources. However the figures do not seem to add up. I’m guess it’s a typo somewhere because if you add up all the MW’s and exclude Biomass and Solar you end up with 264,228 MW.
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Philippine Department of Energy Director, Mario Marasigan, said that there are already 6 Wind Farm Projects in the Philippines in Development. Total investment in these projects would reach about $1B with 1 MW of power costing about $2.5 Million to harvest.
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A few days ago I did a post on the Bangui Wind Farm at Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. And just as if on cue, news came out that the Wind Farm’s expansion to 33 MW capacity will be finished by August 2008 this year. Some great news indeed from the Northwind Power Development Corp, who own the windfarms.
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My Good Friend, Abaniko, went up to Ilocos Norte in the Philippines and was able to get shots of the famed electricity generating windmills there.

So that’s how a halved 40 MW Windmill farm looks like? *snicker*

A picture of my son fascinated with the miniature wind mills situated around a butterfly park. My wife mentioned that he was more interested in them than with the colorful butterflies floating around them.

Call it childlike curiosity but I hope that this will spark an interest in him which is similar to the interest that his old man has with alternative and renewable energy sources. That way I have somebody to pass on this blog to. But hey, an interest in energy conservation is enough for me to begin with *snicker*

The Department of Energy announced that they are planning to revise the investment package offered to potential wind farm operators in the country. Based from what I’ve seen, they seem to be more inclined to seek foreign investors to build wind farms rather than get local companies. The main drawback to foreign investors is the constitutional provision that prevents foreign ownership of properties in the Philippines. I doubt it if they can change that, they need a Constitutional Assembly to change that or a 3/4 vote by Congress[source].
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