San Carlos Power Station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Philippinescoal}}San Carlos Power Station is a proposed 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in San Carlos, Negros Occidental province, the Philippines.
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Location
The map below shows San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Visayas, the approximate location where the plant would be built.
Background on Plant
In September 2018 the San Miguel Corporation announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) had approved its application for a grid impact study (GIS) had been approved August 1, 2018.[1][2]
Opposition
The project is opposed by the Green Alert Network (GAN) and the Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental, which pointed out in a position paper that San Carlos was recently named one of the world's 100 most livable cities.[3][4]
Provincial ban on coal plants
In March 2019 Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. signed Executive Order 19-08 banning new coal plants in Negros Occidental.[5] Given the ban the project appears to be cancelled.[6]
Project Details
- Sponsor: SMC Global Power Holdings Corp.
- Parent company: San Miguel Corporation
- Location: San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Philippines
- Coordinates: 10.4826992,123.413725 (approximate)
- Status: Cancelled
- Gross Capacity: 300 MW
- Type: CFB
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Articles and resources
References
- ↑ SMC Global Power eyeing 300-MW coal plant in Negros, Business Mirror, Sep. 26, 2018
- ↑ PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATED POWER PROJECTS (VISAYAS), Philippine Department of Energy, 30 Sep. 2018
- ↑ San Miguel : Bishop leads opposition to coal plant in northern Negros city, MarketScreener, Oct. 15, 2018
- ↑ Negros environment group lauds guv’s ‘coal-free’ stand, PNA, Nov. 6, 2018
- ↑ NEGROS OCCIDENTAL BANS COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, Philippine Department of Energy, Mar. 6, 2019
- ↑ The Philippine Energy Transition, IEEFA, March 2019
