North Negros BioPower
North Negros BioPower is a biomass power plant project near Victorias City in Negros Occidental province in the Philippines.
The North Negros BioPower stand-alone base-load power plant project has a gross power generation capacity of 25 MW and generates approx. 185 million kWh annually. This is equivalent to the energy consumption of around 265,000 people in the region. The project will construct a biomass power plant using as fuel waste generated from the harvesting and processing of sugarcane, supplemented by grassy and woody energy crops.
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Project overview
Location
Philippines
Capacity
25 MW
Project size
252,900 m²
Impact
Construction jobs created
658
Electricity reach (people)
199,928
New permanent jobs created
532
CO2 avoidance (tonnes p.a.)
127,722
Project details
- Location
- Manapla, Negros, Philippines
- Biomass feedstock
- • Type: primarily cane trash • Utilisation: 210,000 tonnes per year • Availability: 2.1 million tonnes per year of biomass are available within a 50 km-radius catchment area
- Supplier/manufacturer
- Boiler: Jinan Boiler Group (China); Steam turbine: Siemens (India); Generator: TD Power Systems (India); Motors: Siemens (India); Transmitters: Yokogawa (Philippines); Gearboxes: Siemens (India); Distributed control system: Yokogawa (Philippines); Water treatment plant: Aquagen Technologies (Philippines); Fuel handling system: Zhengzhou GEP Ecotech (China); Tractors: Massey Ferguson (Thailand); Forage wagons, rotary rakes: Pöttinger (Austria); V rakes: Hodge Industries (Australia); Baler: Nantong Cotton Machinery (China)
- General contractor (EPC)
- Afry Philippines
- Operations & maintenance
- Afry Philippines
- Insurer (coverage ratio)
- • Industrial all risk insurance: Malayan Insurance (32.50%), Pioneer Insurance and Surety Corporation (25%), Cocogen Insurance Inc (10%), BPI/MS Insurance (10%), Mercantile Insurance (7.5%), FPG Insurance (5%), Allied Bankers Insurance (5%), New India Assurance (5%) • Property all risk insurance: FPG Insurance (100%) • Contractors equipment insurance: AIG Philippines Insurance (100%) • Comprehensive insurance: FPG Insurance (100%)
- Status
- In operational phase since January 2020
