LESS than 20 percent of committed power projects in Mindanao are renewable energy plants.
August 2018 data from the Department of Energy (DOE) showed that of the 868.01 megawatt (MW) of committed projects that are expected to enter the Mindanao grid in 2018 to 2020, 18 percent or 157.11 MW will be coming from renewable energy sources.
At 101.8 MW, hydro-electric power plants dominate the incoming renewable energy sources in Mindanao.
Committed hydro-electric power plants include the 43.4 MW Manolo Fortich 1 and the 25.4 MW Manolo Fortich 2 of Hedcor Bukidnon, Inc., a subsidiary of the AboitizPower, in Santiago, Bukidnon; the 25 MW Lake Mainit project of Agusan Power Corporation in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte; and the 8 MW Asiga power project of the Asiga Green Energy Corporation in Santiago, Agusan del Norte.
There is also one solar project in the pipeline. Astronergy Development GenSan, Inc. will establish the 24.96 MW GenSan Solar Power Project in General Santos City.
A total of 30.35 MW will be coming from biomass power plants. The largest biomass project is the 12.39 MW Biogas Power Plant Prpject of Biotech Farms, Inc. in Banga, South Cotabato. Other biomass projects are the 5.96 MW Biomass Power Plant Project Project of Biotech Farms, Inc. in Tantangan, South Cotabato; 5.5 MW LRC Rice Husk-fired Biomass Power Plant Project of Lamsan Power Corporation in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao; 3.5 MW GEEC Biomass Cogeneration System of Green Earth Enersource Corproation in Maguindanao; and the 3 MW PTCI Rice Husk-Fired Biomass Cogeneration Facility of Philippine Trade Center, Inc. (PTCI) in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
Meanwhile, 700 MW or 80 percent of the committed power projects that will enter Mindanao in the next two years will be coming coal-fired power plants. The largest is the 600 MW GNPower Kauswagan Coal-Fired Power Plant of GN Power Kauswagan in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. The other coal project that will enter the grid is the second phase of the Southern Mindanao Coal-fired Power Station, which has a capacity of 100 MW, of Sarangani Energy Corporation in Maasim, Sarangani.
Only one oil power project is in the pipeline, which is the 10.9 MW Nickel Asia Diesel
Power Project of Nickel Asia Corporation in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.