Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Coal plant’s ambient air within standards

By Tara Yap

THE ambient air quality within several villages surrounding the 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Ingore, La Paz, Iloilo City is normal.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Why Peco gets conservative with new power supply contract

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

RABID opposition by parties riling against additional power sources in Panay may have forced Panay Electric Co. (Peco) to be conservative in contracting power from the coal-fired power plant of Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC).

POWER FOR ILOILO CITY

Coal plant still on load test but now mitigating outages

By Tara Yap

LONG power outages may now be mitigated as the region’s first-coal fired power plant is currently generating 50% of its capacity after successfully synchronizing its system to the grid and Panay Electric Company, Iloilo City’s lone power distributor.

‘DON’T STOP COAL PLANT’

Drilon: New capacity key to solving acute power shortage

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

AN Ilonggo senator quelled calls to shut down the coal-fired power plant in LaPaz, Iloilo City despite the foul odor being blamed on the facility.

RE: COAL PLANT ODOR

Fr Celiz: Don’t be alarmed; Fr Cuadras: Shut it down

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

A CATHOLIC priest and member of the multi-partite monitoring team (MMT) assuaged fears caused by the odor that was again blamed on the coal-fired power plant at Brgy. Ingore, LaPaz, Iloilo City.

Monday, November 15, 2010

‘Peco’s supply contract with PEDC conservative’

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

IS Panay Electric Co.’s (Peco) power supply deal with Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC) enough to cover present and future power demands of Iloilo City?

Friday, November 5, 2010

Coal plant test run slated

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE contractor of the 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant in LaPaz, Iloilo City will test run the facility’s first unit next week en route to its actual commercial operations next year.