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Local Council OK’s EDC's Mt. Apo III Geothermal Plant (Business World Online)

The city council of Kidapawan in North Cotabato has given Energy Development Corp. (EDC) the go signal to build its third geothermal plant in the Mt. Apo area.

Vice-mayor Joseph A. Evangelista said over the radio last Wednesday that a resolution was passed by the city council endorsing construction of the new plant located in the upland Barangay Ilomavis.

The Lopez-led EDC currently operates two geothermal power plants, namely: Mt. Apo I and II, with a combined capacity of 100 MWe.

The company’s Web site showed the proposed third geothermal plant would also have a capacity of 50 MWe.

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