Concepcion power station
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Concepcion power station is an operating 135-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Oloilo Province, Philippines. A further 135 MW is under development.
Location
The map below shows the location of the plant, in Nipa Barangay, Concepcion Municipality, Iloilo Province.
Background on plant
Palm Concepcion Power Corporation, a subsidiary of real estate company A Brown Company, is currently building a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total planned capacity of 270 MW in Oloilo Province. Financing was secured in July 2013. Ground was broken on Unit 1 in July 2013, and on Unit 2 in September 2014.[1] In March 2014, Palm Concepcion signed a construction (EPC) contract with Frey-Fil Corporation for construction of the plant's coal unloading dock.[2]
Ayala Corporation was formerly a 40% owner of the project, but sold its share in May 2013 to A Brown Company.[3]
Unit 1 began operating in August 2016.[4] The unit was inaugurated by Pres. Duterte in November 2016.[5]
Unit 2 began construction in late 2016. Test commissioning was planned for March 2018, and the start of commercial operations is planned for December 2018.[6] The unit is expected to cost P12 billion, or around $250 million. Financing will come 70% from loans and 30% from internally generated funds.[7] As of March 2019 the target commissioning date for Unit 2 was some time in 2019, according the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE).[8] In August 2019 the target commissioning date for Unit 2 was moved back to December 2021 by the DOE.[9] The DOE's list of Initiated power projects for Luzon for October 2020 gives a commissioning date of 2024 for Unit 2.[10]
Impacts of Covid-19
In February 2020 the plant blocked eight Chinese workers from returning from China due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[11] Staffing of the plant's existing unit and construction of Unit 2 have also been reduced.[12]
Health effects
On October 29, 2017 several residents of Iloilo City got sick after being exposed to an outflow of fly ash from Unit 1 as its chambers were being cleaned.[13]
Project details
- Sponsor: Palm Concepcion Power Corporation
- Parent company: A Brown Company
- Location: Nipa Barangay, Concepcion Municipality, Iloilo Province, Philippines
- Coordinates: 11.1875824, 123.1207209 (exact)
- Status: Operating (Unit 1), Construction (Unit 2)
- Gross Capacity: 270 MW (Units 1 & 2: 135 MW)
- Type: Circulating fluidized bed[14]
- Projected in service: 2016 (Unit 1); 2024 (Unit 2)
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Private Sector Initiated Power Plants: Visayas, Philippines Department of Energy, 30 Sept. 2014.
- ↑ Palm Concepcion taps EPC for Iloilo power plant project, Philippine Star, 26 Mar. 2014.
- ↑ Montealegre, Krista. Ayala group pulls out of Iloilo coal-fired power plant project. InterAksyon, 14 May 2013.
- ↑ Danessa Rivera, "Palm Concepcion readies start of first 135-MW coal plant unit," The Philippine Star, August 3, 2016
- ↑ President Duterte inaugurates 135-MW Concepcion Power Plant, Update Philippines, 28 Nov. 2016.
- ↑ Here are the big impact power projects for 2018, Power Philippines, Jan. 31, 2018
- ↑ Concepcion phase 2 plant to cost P11-12 billion, Business World, 22 July 2016.
- ↑ PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATED POWER PROJECTS (VISAYAS) COMMITTED, Philippine Department of Energy, Mar. 31, 2019
- ↑ PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATED POWER PROJECTS (VISAYAS) COMMITTED, Philippine Department of Energy, 31 Aug., 2019
- ↑ PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATED POWER PROJECTS (LUZON) COMMITTED, Philippine Department of Energy, 31 Oct., 2020
- ↑ Iloilo coal-fired plant bars return of 8 Chinese workers, Manila Bulletin, Feb. 4, 2020
- ↑ Palm Concepcion continues to supply power in Visayas, PhilStar, Apr. 12, 2020
- ↑ No explosion in Iloilo power plant, residents safe, Manilla Bulletin, 4 Nov 2017
- ↑ New power plant project in Iloilo breaks ground, Ayala Corporation press release, 2 Feb. 2013.
