SunStar Noceco power rate up by P1.37
NEGROS. The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative, catering to electric consumers in the southern portion in the province, from Pulupandan to Hinoba-an, announces an increase of P1.37 per kilowatt in its residential power rate for April. (Contributed Photo)
+ April 26, 2021 ELECTRIC consumers of Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) may incur higher bills this month, as the utility announced an increase of almost P1.37 per kilowatt (kWh) in its residential power rate.
The power distribution utility, catering to electric consumers in the southern portion in the province, from Pulupandan to Hinoba-an, has a prevailing rate of P10.2921 per kWh from the previous month s P8.9242 per kWh.
Published April 22, 2021, 8:00 AM
The power generation arm of San Miguel Corporation will cough up US$1.0 billion worth of investments for 31 new battery energy storage (BES) projects that it will be deploying in various sites nationwide.
The company, in a statement to the media, has emphasized that the BES facilities will have equivalent generation or rated capacity of 1,000 megawatts.
Four of 31 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facilities being put up by San Miguel Corporation’s power arm, SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., located in Masinloc Zambales; Malita, Davao; Maco, Davao de Oro, and Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. The BESS facilities are currently undergoing testing and commissioning. These facilities will have a combined rated capacity of over 1,000 megawatts and will stabilize and improve power quality for users nationwide. These will also pave the way for more viable use of renewable power by addressing the issue of intermittence.
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April 22, 2021 | 12:08 am
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SAN MIGUEL Corp. (SMC), through its power arm SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., is spending more than $1 billion to build new battery energy storage facilities with a rated capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW).
In a press release issued on Wednesday, SMC said that 31 new battery energy storage units are underway. The company said that some storage facilities are in the advanced stages of completion.
“Our ongoing investment into battery energy storage facilities will greatly benefit power consumers all over the country, because this will mean that even faraway provinces or areas can have the same stable and good quality power supply as everywhere else,” SMC President Ramon S. Ang was quoted as saying.
SMC spending $1B for new battery storage facilities
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 21) - San Miguel Corporation, through its power arm SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., is spending $1 billion to simultaneously build 31 new battery storage facilities nationwide.
SMC President Ramon Ang said the battery storage facilities are nearing their completion and these facilities would make renewable energy more viable for the country.
The battery storage facilities have a rated capacity of 1,000 megawatts. Our country s challenge with renewables is that it is intermittent, because of its nature. But with strategically located battery storage facilities, this can be mitigated and renewables can become more viable. This will help the transition to more renewable sources of energy in the future, Ang said in a statement.
Published April 16, 2021, 5:00 PM
Seeks gov’t intervention
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking intervention primarily from the government as well as relevant stakeholders so the worrying thinning supply in this year’s summer months until August will not result in distressing condition of power interruptions or brownouts.
“We continue to urge the authorities to look into this impending power situation in Luzon during this summer season,” NGCP stated, while emphasizing that as the operator of the country’s power transmission system, the company “can only guarantee the dispatch of all and any available grid resources.”