Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Philippines:

Unified Leyte Geothermal Power Plant Sustains Damage from 'Yolanda' (InterAksyon)

Energy Development Corp (EDC) today said its Unified Leyte geothermal power complex sustained heavy damage from the onslaught of Typhoon 'Yolanda'.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Lopez-owned EDC said the following equipment have been rendered inoperable:

  • Cooling towers of the 232 MWe Malitbog, 112.5 MWe Tongonan and 180-MWe Mahanagdong power plants;
  • Part of the cooling system of 130 MWe Upper Mahiao power plant; and
  • Control systems of Tongonan, Mahanagdong and Upper Mahiao power plants.

"Consequently, none of the main power plants constituting the 650 MWe are currently operable," EDC said.

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