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Magat Hydro Electric Power Plant was constructed by the National Power Corporation on Feb. 16, 1980 – Dec. 31, 1983 at a cost of US$83.7 Million (Power Plant component only). It is composed of 4 generating units with 90 MW rated capacity each (total of 360 MW). Read the entire entry …

The Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant in Limay, Bataan was constructed under a turnkey Design and Build Contract, a Build-Transfer-Operated (BTO) Scheme, between NPC and the consortium of ABB/Marubeni Corporation/Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Read the entire entry …

There are hand full of hydro electric power plants in the Philippines dispersedly located in the various areas in the countrysides of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao. Almost all of the large hydro electric plants, which ranged from over 50 MW, are connected to the main transmission grid, while most of small (10 MW to 50 MW) and mini (101 kW to 10 MW) hydro plants are embedded to the local distribution system. Read the entire entry …

Just for us to be more knowledgeable about our industry, I`ll give some general information about the existing and decommissioned power plants in the Philippines. Some of them might not be as big as a hundred of Megawatt Plant, but still, it is interesting to know. Let’s start with the Baligatan Hydro Plant in Isabela.

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This is an erratum to my previous article about what really is the first and oldest power plant in the Philippines. Though it’s correct that those mentioned plants are indeed the first and oldest hydro plants in the Philippines, the real first electric generating plant in the country was the Central Power Plant on Calle San Sebastian (now R. Hidalgo) in Manila City. It was built by La Electricista, the Philippine’s first electric company. Read the entire entry …

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There is a very little, if not none, documents that will verify what power plant is the very first in the Philippines. However, based on the author’s personal visit to some of the plants, and some research and conversation with some reliable individuals from the industry, he compiled some of the oldest power plants in the Philippines, all hydroelectric power plants, and most are still operational today. Read the entire entry …