Wind power in the Philippines

Wind power in the Philippines makes up a small percentage of the total energy output of the Philippines. The country wind energy sector has significant potential and could provide up to 76GW of power.[1] Some of the most recent wind energy developments are the Bangui Wind Farm, Burgos Wind Farm, and Caparispisan Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte,[2] the Wind Energy Power System in Oriental Mindoro,[3] San Lorenzo Wind Farm in Guimaras,[4] Nabas Wind Farm in Aklan[5] and Pililla Wind Farm in Rizal. The northern and central parts of Luzon, Mindoro Island, Panay Island, Palawan Island, Leyte Island, and Negros Island are suitable places to generate wind power. Since imported coal and oil make up 44% of the energy used in the Philippines, the Philippine government has worked to increase the domestic energy supply in recent years.[1] In 2008, the government enacted RA9513, which includes policies to integrate and promote solar and wind power as renewable energy sources. [1]

Burgos wind farm

Largest wind farms

Burgos wind farm

In October of 2016, the Provincial Board of Ilocos Norte unanimously signed onto a resolution designating Ilocos Norte as a “clean, green, and coal-free province”.[6] Currently, Ilocos Norte’s Burgos Wind Farm is the largest of its kind in all of Southeast Asia, providing about 370GWh of energy and offsetting 200,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.[7] The Burgos Wind Farm consists of 50 V90 wind turbines each with a capacity of 3MW, making it a 150MW wind farm.[7] Since being commissioned in 2014, the Burgos Wind Farm has won the Asia Power Engineering International Best Renewable Energy Project in 2015; it has also been nominated for the Philippine Government’s feed-in-tariff incentive scheme which will allow the project to receive government subsidies.[7][8]

Pililla wind farm
Pililla wind turbine with restaurant

The Pililla wind farm in the province of Rizal consists of 27 wind turbines on a 4,500 hectare area of land. Apart from boosting local tourism and employment opportunities, it is considered by wind developers to be a commercially feasible site.[9][10] A study conducted by Ateneo de Manila University in 2013 made a 25-year projection of the wind farm’s efficiency and predicted a 6% increase in wind power density and capacity between the period from 2013-2037 and 2008-2012.[10]

See also

References
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  2. Young, Tom (30 November 2010). "Philippines sparks wind energy gold rush". businessGreen. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. Evora, Robert. "Mindoro Wind Farm Rising". Manila Standard Today.
  4. "TAREC completes wind farm project in Guimaras". ABS-CBN News. 15 December 2014.
  5. "Nabas Wind Farm powers Boracay, Western Visayas". Good News Pilipinas. 17 August 2017.
  6. "Ilocos Norte is now a "clean, green and coal-free" province". Power Philippines. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  7. "Burgos Wind Project, Ilocos Norte". Power Technology. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  8. Guild, James (September 2019). "Feed‐in‐tariffs and the politics of renewable energy in Indonesia and the Philippines". Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies. 6 (3): 417–431. doi:10.1002/app5.288. ISSN 2050-2680.
  9. "Philippines wind farm generates power, jobs and curious tourists". Reuters. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  10. Silang, Angeli; Uy, Sherdon Niño; Dado, Julie Mae; Cruz, Faye Abigail; Narisma, Gemma; Libatique, Nathaniel; Tangonan, Gregory (2014-01-01). "Wind Energy Projection for the Philippines based on Climate Change Modeling". Energy Procedia. 2013 International Conference on Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies (2013 AEDCEE). 52: 26–37. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.051. ISSN 1876-6102.


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