Kepco hosts electrical engineers’ plant tour
MEMBERS of the Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (IIEE) conducted a plant tour at the 200 MW coal-fired power plant operated by Kepco SPC Power Corp. in the City of Naga, Cebu last July 26.
The activity was part of the ongoing IIEE Eastern and Central Visayas regional conference, which was held until July 28 at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Cebu City, with the theme “Embracing Global Challenges through Sustainable Energy Practices”.
“Your visit to our plant is very important to us, because this is a way where we can showcase our technology, our environment-friendly operation and our best practices, that make our power plant as one of the most reliable power plants in the Philippines,” said Yoon Jong Ryoon, Kepco SPC’s new president and chief executive officer, as he welcomed the participants.
He emphasized that Kepco SPC’s power plant uses the globally-accepted circulating fluidized-bed combustion (CFBC) technology, which is environment-friendly and meets the stringent standards of the Philippine Clean Air Act and of the World Bank.
Highlighted during the plant tour were the environmental friendly features of the power plant, such as the low carbon footprint due to efficient combustion, low sulfur emission because of the limestone feeding and lower combustion temperature, low nitrogen oxide emissions due to staged combustion and fluidization.
The design-height of the chimney is also effective in the dispersion of air pollutant because of the ambient air concentration. The power plant also installed electronic precipitator (EP) that collects 99.99% of ash dust .
Yoon also said that KSPC’s power plant is the manifestation of the long-standing close relationship between the Philippines and Korea.
This warm relationship prompted Kepco, Korea Electric Power Corp., to construct the plant in response to the Philippine Government’s call to address the looming power supply shortage in the country way back in 2007, he added.
Since starting its commercial operation in 2011, KSPC’s power plant has been supplying the power needs of Mactan Electric Company (Meco) in the Island of Mactan; the northern part of Cebu through Cebu II Electric Cooperative Inc., (Cebeco II); and the southern part of Cebu through Cebu I Electric Cooperative Inc. (Cebeco I) and the provinces of Negros Occidental and Oriental. (S)