Philippines Gov’t Aiming for Top Spot in Geothermal Production (BusinessWorld Online Edition)
The Philippines government wants the country to be the world’s largest producer of geothermal energy by increasing its installed capacity to 3,307 MWe from 1,902 MWe by 2030, an official of the Department of Energy (DoE) has said.
"Our plan is to be the largest producer of geothermal energy in the world by 2030. We will need around 1,405 MWe of additional capacity by 2030," Ariel D. Fronda, chief of the DoE’s geothermal energy management division, said in a phone interview. "This means an increase of around 75% by 2030. This plan is part of the renewable energy program, which in turn is part of the Philippine Energy Plan of 2012 to 2030," Mr. Fronda added.
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