Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Philippines:

Philippines Looks to Geothermal Power to Address Energy Deficit (Voice of America)

Emerging Power Inc is developing a 40 Megawatts geothermal power project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.


The Philippines is one of the world’s leading producers of geothermal energy.  Located atop the Pacific Ocean’s so-called Ring of Fire, the country has used volcanic heat to produce electricity for decades. Now there is a new project underway to use this renewable resource to power an entire island.

Montelago village lies on the edge of Mindoro’s Lake Naujan. It is connected to the island’s power grid, but just barely. Community leader, Felix Gida says stable electricity is a problem here.

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