EDC’s wind power projects OK for SIS

BY LENIE LECTURA – JANUARY 6, 2023
from Business Mirror

LOPEZ-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has lined up six wind power projects that have been cleared by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the conduct of system impact studies (SIS).

Based on DOE data, EDC proposed projects are: the 996-megawatt (MW) Iloilo-Guimaras offshore wind power; 100-MW Guimaras onshore wind power; 768-MW Guimaras-Negros Occidental offshore wind power; 582-MW Guimaras 1 offshore wind power; 90-MW Pasuquin wind power; and, the 144-MW Ilocos Norte wind power.

Other power projects that were allowed to pursue the study are the following: 56-MW Cabangan solar project of Upgrade Energy Philippines Inc.; 1,200-MW Quezon combined cycle power plant of Orion Pacific Prime Energy Inc.; 650-MW Bugallon solar power of 3 Barracuda Energy Corp.; and, 54-MW Iloilo 1 wind power of Iloilo 1 Renewable Energy Corp.

These power firms secured their permit for SIS last December of 2022.

The SIS is an assessment conducted by the Transmission Network Provider or System Operator in addition to the Grid Impact Studies. The SIS is necessary in order to determine the adequacy of the grid and its capability to accommodate a request for power delivery service.

The DOE has approved a total of 104 projects for the conduct of SIS since the start of the year. These projects have been issued with certificates of endorsement to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines for clearance to undertake SIS.