San Carlos BioPower
San Carlos Biopower is a new, stand-alone base-load power plant with a gross power generation capacity of 20 MW, which since its completion has generated 141 million kWh of electricity per year, supplying 158,000 people with renewable energy. Crop residues from local agriculture, e.g. sugar cane leaves and stalks as well as coconut shells, rice husks and specially cultivated energy crops, are used as fuel.
OVERVIEW
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LOCATION
Philippines
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PROJECT SITE
210,000 ㎡
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CAPACITY
20 MW
ESG PROFILE
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CONSTRUCTION JOBS CREATED
(average during construction period) 526 -
NEW PERMANENT JOBS CREATED
558
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ELECTRICITY REACH (people)
158,082
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CO2 AVOIDED (tonnes p.a.)
100,990
UN SDGs (directly supported)
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Project details
| Project Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) | San Carlos BioPower Inc. |
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| Location | San Carlos Ecozone (Agro-Industrial Economic Zone), Circumferential Road, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Province of Negros Occidental, Philippines Coordinates: 10 30 36 N, 123 25 16 E |
| Technical Specifications | Feedstock type: primarily cane trash with some grassy and woody energy crop plants (ECP) Feedstock utilisation: 170,000 tonnes per year Feedstock availability: 1.1 million tonnes per year of biomass are available within a 40 km-radius catchment area Grid connection: To an existing 69 kV substation, 1.5 km away |
| Supplier/Manufacturer | Boiler: Wuxi Huaguang Boiler (China); Turbine: Harbin Turbine (China); Generator: Shandong Jinan Power Equipment Factory (China); Motors, Transmitters: ABB (Switzerland); Pneumatic Control Valve/Actuator: Nihon Koso (Japan); Boiler Feed Pumps: Sulzer (Switzerland); Gearboxes: Siemens (Germany); Mobile Fuel Shredder: Roto Grind (Germany); Tractors: Massey Ferguson (USA); Forage Wagons, Rotary Rakes: Pöttinger (Austria); V Rakes: Hodge Industries (Australia); Baler: Nantong Cotton Machinery (China) |
| General Contractor (EPC) | Wuxi Huaguang Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Operations & Maintenance | Pöyry Energy Inc. |
| Owner´s Engineer | Pöyry Energy Inc. |
| Lender’s Engineer | Sargent & Lundy LLC |
| Electricity Offtake Counterparty | Interconnection Agreement with Victorias-Manapla-Cadiz Rural Electric Service Cooperative Inc. (VRESCO) Wholesale Electricity Supply Market of the Philippines (“WESM”) managed by a government agency |
| Credit Rating Electricity Offtake Counterparty | Standard & Poor’s: BBB+ with stable outlook, Moody’s: Baa2 with stable outlook, Fitch: BBB with stable outlook |
| Status | In operation. |
Status: 30/06/2022
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