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==Sarangani power plant viability seen== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341265/sarangani-power-plant-viability-seen | |||
*November 14, 2011, 4:29pm | |||
:By mb.com.ph | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines – City officials and residents here have been assured that a proposed 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Maasim, Sarangani, will be the most viable solution for this city, the province of Sarangani, and the rest of the Socsargen Region against the impending power shortage that threatens to affect Mindanao by 2014. | |||
At a special consultative hearing of the General Santos City Council held Friday morning, Joseph Nocos, vice president for business development of the Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) – operator of the Maasim plant – told residents and members of the City Council that the SEC plant would be the most affordable and practical base-load power source for the area based on its reliability, low power cost, and strict adherence to environmental standards. | |||
The Department of Energy (DoE) has warned that an electricity supply crisis looms in Mindanao by 2014 because of the lack of base-load power generating plants that could provide enough reserve that would fill gaps caused by ageing hydro-electric power plants that form the backbone of Mindanao’s power grid supply. | |||
SEC, a company of the Alcantara Group, is among private companies that have offered to build new power plants to supply the projected supply gap. | |||
The Alcantara Group has played a pivotal role in the development of this city, Sarangani, and the rest of the Socsargen for several decades, Nocos stressed to the City Council. | |||
“We have been proud and happy to work with the leaders and the people of General Santos City and the other areas of Socsargen in exploring avenues for mutual benefit, progress, and development. We have extended our trust to both the leaders and the people, and we are glad that our trust has been warmly reciprocated. We would like to believe that this sense of trust that has evolved between the Alcantara Group and the public is born out of the fairness, openness and transparency by which we have approached the issues and questions that have been raised regarding our operations,” Nocos told the City Council at the consultative hearing Friday morning. | |||
Nocos said the SEC will employ technology that will reduce the volume of emissions to levels well within those defined as safe by the Clean Air Act, which defines the safe levels of chemical derivative emissions. | |||
As a further assurance, he pointed out that the power plant will not draw sea water from Sarangani Bay, and the plant will not spill water into the bay. | |||
In compliance with the Solid Waste Management Act, coal ash will also be collected and deposited in ash ponds with reinforced lining to prevent seepage into the soil. | |||
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Dr. Corazon Rodaje, Malaria and Dengue coordinator of the City Integrated Health Services Office, said the move is part of their ongoing efforts to help contain and eliminate the mosquito-borne disease in the city, which has so far recorded seven positive cases and one death. | Dr. Corazon Rodaje, Malaria and Dengue coordinator of the City Integrated Health Services Office, said the move is part of their ongoing efforts to help contain and eliminate the mosquito-borne disease in the city, which has so far recorded seven positive cases and one death. | ||
==GenSan city gov’t offers free live telecast of Pacquiao-Marquez fight== | ==GenSan city gov’t offers free live telecast of Pacquiao-Marquez fight== | ||