Philippines:

Biliran Geothermal Power Plant Starts Construction (Manila Standard Today)

A local geothermal firm and its partner from Iceland, Orka Energy, is set to put up a 49 MW power plant to supply the electricity needs of this small island on the northern tip of Leyte, officials said.

Eirikur Bragasson, Chief Executive Officer of Orka Energy, said construction of the power plant was the second phase of its joint project with Biliran Geothermal Inc (BGI) to make the island energy self-reliant in the next two years.

“We’ve finished the first stage and now we’re into the second stage, which is putting up the power plant ...The project here has very strong geothermal energy resources,” Bragasson told a press conference on Tuesday. The 49 MW power project in located in Barangay Cabibihan, Caibiran, Biliran in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines.

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