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Another Malitbog Power Plant Unit Repaired, says EDC (Inquirer.net)

Another unit of the Malitbog Geothermal Power Plant in Leyte province has been repaired, giving the facility additional generation capacity more than two months since Supertyphoon “Yolanda” ravaged Eastern Visayas and nearby areas.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, geothermal plant operator Energy Development Corp. said, “Following our Jan. 2 disclosure, where we informed the Exchange of the partial re-commissioning of the Malitbog Power Plant, we inform you that EDC has successfully energized another unit.”

This boosts Malitbog’s generation capacity by another 75 MWe, bringing the total to 150 MWe.

The second restored unit is on start-up mode and under reliability tests, EDC said.

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