DOE endorses 19 projects for grid impact study
By Lenie Lectura – October 17, 2024
from Business Mirror
The Department of Energy (DOE) has endorsed 19 renewable energy (RE) projects and battery energy storage system (BESS) to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for the conduct of system impact study (SIS).
The conduct of SIS is necessary to determine the adequacy of the grid and its capability to accommodate a request for power delivery service.
These proposed projects will inject 3,632 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity into the transmission grids being managed by the NGCP.
“The DOE issued 19 SIS endorsements to the NGCP, which are composed of three amendments and 16 new applications,” according to data from the agency’s website.
The 19 endorsed projects are the 1000MW offshore wind of Vortex Offshore Wind Corp., 150MW onshore wind of wpd Philippines Onshore Inc., 100MW wind power of First Gen Visayas Energy Inc., 40MW BESS of Energjia Sur 2 Inc., 100MW wind power of MC Project Solutions Inc., 112MW wind power of The Blue Circle Philippines Mindoro Corp., 10MW phase 2 solar power project of Sta. Ignacia Tarlac Solar Power Corp., and another 10MW solar power of Sta. Ignacia, 100MW waste-to-energy of Manila Integrated Environment Corp.
Also cleared for SIS are the 425MW solar power of Tuy Solar Power Corp., 79MW solar power of Freya Renewables Inc.,400MW wind power project of wpd Philippines Onshore Inc., 100MW wind power of MC Project Solutions, Inc., 70MW solar power of Kanji Solar Inc., 478MW solar power of North Luzon Green and Sustainable Energy Inc., 97MW solar power of Linglingay Power Corp., 50MW wind power of Citicore Wind Energy Corp., 209MW solar power of Cleanergy 2 Inc., and 100MW solar power of Exzal Renewable Energy Corp.
The list for September brings the total SIS endorsement to 148 since January.
The DOE also endorsed 12 power projects, both new and existing, to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for approval.
The ERC is expected to issue certificates of compliance (COCs) to these projects. The COCs will then serve as permits to operate.
“In September 2024, the DOE issued 12 COE [certificates of endorsement] to ERC, which are composed of four amendments and eight new applications,” the DOE said.
This brings to 117 the total endorsement forwarded to the ERC since January.
