Philippines: "Father of the Southern Negros Geothermal Project" Passes

Alfonso Dodong Teves, Geothermal “father,” 87 (Negros Chronicle)

Engr. Alfonso “Dodong” S. Teves, Jr.

Conceivably the father of the southern Negros Geothermal Project being its first general manager of PNOC at Palinpinon geothermal site, Engr. Alfonso “Dodong” S. Teves, Jr, lived a full life of service to God and man. He passed away peacefully at the age of 87 at the Silliman Medical Center Monday July 8.

Dodong Teves was First connected with DPWH and later the National Power Corporation, then as resident manager of Tolong Sugar Milling, after which he joined the PNOCEDC team that explored the potential of geothermal in the Philippines. The first project manager of the Southern Negros Geothermal Project which started its exploration in 1973 and commissioned its first power plant in 1983. He became the geothermal operations manager of PNOC-EDC handling all geothermal operations in the Philippines. He retired in 1991.

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