CHARGING PROGRESS The solar energy facility sits on a 22-hectare property that straddles
Barangays San Vicente and Santa Cruz, Dagohoy, about 73 kilometers from the provincial capital
of Tagbilaran. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
TAGBILARAN CITY—Bohol, which promotes itself as a chief eco-tourist vacation spot within the nation, has opened its first and largest solar energy plant, which can assist the province obtain a extra secure energy provide.
The 27-megawatt (MW) Dagohoy Photo voltaic Energy Plant by PetroGreen Power Corp. (PGEC) can present renewable power to about 15,000 households, or 77,400 people, mentioned PGEC in a press release.
Inaugurated 0n Nov. 21, the ability sits on a 22-hectare property that straddles Barangays San Vicente and Santa Cruz, Dagohoy, about 73 kilometers from the provincial capital of Tagbilaran.
The 22-hectare photo voltaic website hosts 1,270 photo voltaic tables consisting of 40,628 models of Trina Photo voltaic-brand panels producing 41,000 megawatt-hour of energy yearly. It is going to be linked to the Nationwide Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) 69-kilovolt Bohol transmission line to ship energy to the province.
Key precedence
Amongst those that attended the switch-on ceremony have been Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado; his spouse, Rep. Vanessa Cadorna-Aumentado of Bohol’s second district; PGEC vice chairman and chief working officer Francisco Delfin Jr.; Dagohoy Mayor Hermie Relampagos; Power Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara; and officers of Taisei Development Firm and the NGCP.
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Aumentado gave the peace of mind that solely idle lands have been chosen for the photo voltaic farms. Rice farms weren’t included, he mentioned, because the province is among the many nation’s rice producers.
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“We contemplate energy technology a key precedence beneath the strategic change agenda of the provincial authorities. In an effort to foster progress and appeal to investments, Bohol wants dependable and eco-friendly sources of energy that may drive our native economic system ahead and contribute to constructing a cleaner, greener future, “ the governor mentioned.
Excessive-growth space
The Dagohoy Photo voltaic Energy Challenge is the corporate’s second solar energy funding after its 25 MW Bugallon photo voltaic challenge in Pangasinan. Each websites have been chosen for being among the many “excessive progress areas” within the nation that want extra energy provide.
Bohol will get its energy from Leyte province by means of a submarine cable.
When Bohol was ravaged by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in October 2013 and Supertyphoons “Yolanda” (worldwide identify: Haiyan) in November 2013 and “Odette” (Rai) in December 2021, the province was plunged into darkness. Odette toppled transmission towers that linked Bohol to the primary Visayas grid, leading to a monthlong, province-wide energy outage.
The Bohol-Leyte line is absolutely loaded at 80MW with electrical energy from Leyte and Bohol. If the transmission line tripped, greater than 80 % of Bohol would expertise energy outrage. Since Leyte’s energy provide is already congested, Aumentado mentioned Bohol can now not ask for extra from the Japanese Visayas province.
Cadorna-Aumentado, for her half, mentioned PGEC’s challenge is aligned with the province’s imaginative and prescient of a “Inexperienced Bohol,” the place progress and environmental sustainability go hand in hand.
Guevara shared the identical sentiment, disclosing that the Division of Power (DOE) has awarded over 1,400 service contracts for a complete of 1,500 MW of renewable power.
“At present, with the Dagohoy Photo voltaic Energy Plant, Bohol is 20MV nearer to attaining power safety and power sustainability,” Guevara. mentioned
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The DOE is focusing on 35-percent renewable power within the nation’s technology combine by 2030 and 50 % by 2040, a important step for the Philippines to fulfill its power calls for whereas additionally positioning the nation as an energetic participant in international local weather motion.
