Philippines:

Biliran Geothermal to Start on Geothermal Power Plant in July (BusinessWorld Online)

Biliran Geothermal, Inc. (BGI) hopes to start construction of the 49-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant by July and commercial operation by 2016, an official of the Energy department said on Saturday.

Mario C. Marasigan, director of the department’s Renewable Energy Management Bureau, said in a telephone interview that BGI is currently in the pre-development stage of the project.

“At the moment, they (BGI) are in drilling operations. After that, they will declare the commerciality of the project,” Mr. Marasigan said when asked for updates.

“They are looking at 2016 for the operations of the plant provided that they can declare commerciality by June,” he added, noting that construction is targeted to start by July.

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