A milestone level of generation of 600 gigawatt hours (GWh) has been reached by the 20 MW Maibarara geothermal power facility, according to the PetroEnergy Resources Corporation, the major equity holder firm in the project’s corporate vehicle.
That magnitude of generated capacity was officially clocked in October 25 this year, barely three years and eight months from the start of commercial operations of the power facility.
The plant is currently advancing on its expansion phase for another 12 MW capacity, targeted to be on commercial stream by December this year.
According to Paul Morala, Maibarara Goethermal, Inc. (MGI) power plant manager, a revenue meter had just been installed recently at the Maibarara-2 geothermal project, indicating then that the asset is now moving headway into its full commercial operation.
The company executive added that the engineers of MGI and Manila Electric Company (Meralco) have also jointly and successfully completed the testing of the plant’s protection relays and circuit breakers; and also of the unit’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and direct transfer trip (DTT) functions.
