Power
Power demand in C. Mindanao seen to zoom in 2012
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (November 16) – Demand for power supply is likely to increase in Central Mindanao within the next four years as big industrial users are poised to go full blast in their operations.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI) alone will need at least 300 megawatts of [...]
Conal holds public scoping
MAASIM, Sarangani (August 14) – Conal Holdings Corporation has began complying with government requirements for the issuance of an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for its proposed $450-million coal-fired power plant in Barangay Kamanga here.
On Tuesday, Conal Holdings conducted a public scoping designed to solicit reactions and gather environmental and health concerns that may arise from [...]
Conal Holdings inks MOU with Maasim town for ‘carbon sink’
MAASIM, Sarangani (July 11) – The Alcantara-owned Conal Holdings Inc. has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local government of this town for the reforestation of bush and grasslands that will serve as catch basin of greenhouse pollutants that may escape capture from its proposed P20-billion coal-fired power plant in Barangay Kamanga.
In [...]
Powering up Sarangani
(Wednesday, September 26, 2007)
THE Alcantara Group of Companies is going to build a $350 million coal-fired power plant somewhere in the towns of Kiamba and Maitum in the Province of Sarangani making the Socsksargen area a new investment haven, a company official said Saturday.
Once the ambitious project pushes through, it would be the single biggest [...]
Mindanao power shortage looms
Friday, January 18, 2008
UNLESS new power plants are constructed in the next three years, a power shortage in Mindanao looms, the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) office in General Santos City warned.
“If no additional capacity is made, the crucial period will be in 2010 to 2011 during which the reserve level is expected to fall (to [...]
