Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Philippines: 12 MW Second Unit of Maibarara Geothermal Power Plant Awarded Certificate of Compliance

MGI gets COC for Pampanga power station (Business Mirror)

Maibarara Geothermal Inc. (MGI) has secured a Certificate of Compliance (COC) for its 12 MW Maibarara-2 power station in Santo Tomas, Batangas.

This is MGI’s second geothermal facility approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) last April 16.

Maibarara-2 construction was essentially completed last year along with the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market registration and grid communication protocol requirements set by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.

Individual plant-equipment testing started in early-2018, culminating in the synchronization and first delivery of power to the Luzon grid on March 9.

Early this month, the ERC conducted a thorough inspection of Maibarara-2, leading to the eventual COC approval, PGEC Energy Trading Head Dave P. Gadiano said.