BacMan Geothermal Production Field (Courtesy EDC) |
Energy Development Corp., the Philippines largest producer of geothermal energy, expects the completion of the rehabilitation of the 130 MWe Bacon-Manito geothermal power plants in Albay and Sorsogon to be delayed by 60 days.
EDC originally expected to complete the rehabilitation by September this year.
The 60-day delay, which will push completion to November 2012, stemmed from the company’s decision to re-blade two stages of the turbine rotor of Units 1 and 2, to address a failure that was identified in June 2012 after an inspection.
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