A. INSTALLED AND DEPENDABLE CAPACITY
Total installed and dependable capacity in the country as of 31 December 2014 slightly increased to 17,944 MW and 15,633 MW, respectively due to the entry of new power plants in the three grids adding 557 MW to the installed capacity and 153 MW in dependable capacity.
Figure 1. Installed and Dependable Capacity
Source: List of Existing Power Plants as of December 2014
Installed capacity in Luzon totaled to 13,213 MW or 73.6% of the total installed capacity mix followed by Visayas with 2,520 MW or 14%. Mindanao has 2,211 MW or 12.3%. As of the breakdown of dependable capacity, 11,622 MW or 74.3% is accredited to Luzon grid, 2,160 MW or 13.8% is from Visayas, and 1,851 MW or 11.84% is from Mindanao.
In Luzon, new plants were commercially operational such as 18.9 MW Northwind Phase 3, 81 MW UPC Caparispisan wind, 150 MW EDC Burgos wind farm which are all in the Ilocos region and the 12 MW SCJI power Biomass plant in Nueva Ecija. In addition, the inclusion of the 140 MW Petron Refinery Solid Fuel‐Fired Boiler (RSFFB) power plant in Limay, Bataan, 12.7 MW Lafarge diesel power plant and the 1.8 MW Communal‐Uddiawan mini‐hydro plant in Nueva Ecija resulted to an increase in installed capacity by 421 MW.
Moreover, the adjustments made in the dependable capacity of plants such as GN Power in Mariveles, Bataan, TMO Barges in Navotas, Bacman Geothermal Power Plant in Sorsogon due to improved dependable capacity as well the uprating of Binga Hydroelectric power plant in Benguet from 125 MW to 132 MW, unavailability of Botocan hydroelectric power plant in Laguna due to transmission line problem and the decline in dependable capacity of Montalban Methane Facility in Rizal and Bacavalley LFG in Laguna resulted to a 103 MW net increase in dependable capacity for Luzon.
Table 1. Comparison of Installed and Dependable Capacity, Luzon
Source: DOE List of Existing Power Plants as of December 2014
The installed and dependable capacity in Visayas as indicated in Table 2, increased by 59 MW and 47 MW, respectively due to the commercial operation of the additional 9 MW SACASOL solar farm in San Carlos City and the 50 MW Nasulo Geothermal Power plant, both located in Negros Occidental.
Table 2. Comparison of Installed and Dependable Capacity, Visayas
Source: List of Existing Power Plants as of December 2014
In Mindanao, 124 MW and 102 MW were added to the installed and dependable capacity of oil‐based and hydroelectric power plants. The grid additional capacity of 15 MW came from Mapalad Power Corporation (MPC)‐Digos, 19 MW SoEnergy, 15 MW Mapalad Energy Generation Corporation (MEGC) Diesel plant, 15 MW Panaon Diesel plant and 8 MW Tandag Diesel plant of King Energy Generation Inc. (KEGI) for Oil‐based plants, while additional 13.6 MW was added from Tudaya 1 and 2 Hydroelectric power plants in Davao del Sur. The 37.1 MW thermal plant from the directly‐connected industry Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) also augmented the existing plants in Mindanao that supplies power to the grid.
Table 3. Comparison of Installed and Dependable Capacity, Mindanao
Source: DOE List of Existing Power Plants as of December 2014
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