Geothermal development in the Philippines looks to continue strong in 2013, and if its government, including the DoE's geothermal energy management division, has its way the Philippines will be the largest producer of geothermal energy in just a few years. Currently only the United States produces more geothermal energy than the Pacific nation.
"To be the largest producer of geothermal energy is our plan until 2030,” Ariel D. Fronda, chief of the division told the nation’s Business World Online. To do this, “[w]e will be needing around 1,405 MWe additional capacity by 2030,” or an increase of around 75 percent by 2030.
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