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Yokogawa Wins Control System Order for Maibarara Geothermal Power Project (Control Engineering Asia)

March 5, 2011 – Successful discharge of the first
well at Maibarara geothermal power plant, Mai6D
(Courtesy MGI)

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Philippines Inc., has concluded an EPC contract with Maibarara Geothermal, Inc. (MGI) for the design, supply, delivery, installation, testing, and commissioning, of the instrumentation and control systems for the Maibarara geothermal power plant and steamfield facilities. The contract was awarded on December 4.

The Maibarara power plant will have a total output of 20 MWe and is being constructed in Batangas province, which is on Luzon Island. This is the first renewable energy project to be carried out under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, and the first geothermal power station to be constructed on Luzon in 16 years. The initial commercial approval for this project was granted to MGI by the Department of Energy in November 2011, and MGI is targeting initial testing of the integrated power facility by July 2013, with commercial operations by the fourth quarter of 2013.

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