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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | 
Currently, Cagayan De Oro city is experiencing power supply problem which is the reason why Cagayan Electric and Light Co. (Cepalco) yesterday made a request for the Aquino administration to improve the government’s solar-capacity target to fix the problem of the power supply.
Cepalco vice president and customer services department head said that “sometimes we forget that we have a problem”.
Last year Mindanao was experiencing series of power crisis but according to cepalco last year is far from over. Mindanao hasn’t reservation of power supply in the future, said by Cecilio Sumaoy, Cepalco senior manager for system operations.
He also adds that “we have no contingency reserve. It’s like driving a car and going long distance without a spare tire”. The only time Mindanao has standby power is during weekends when some people are taking a break from work, he added.
Last Aug 1, he said, Cepalco was advised of a power curtailment because of a “red alert”. This alert meant that the overall resources of power reserves in Mindanao were already increasing.
Once a statement from cepalco that “the demand for power in Mindanao is constantly increasing (but) no additional power-generating capacities are expected within the next two or three years”.
Statement of cepalco stated that “the power reserves are insufficient that even during the rainy month of July; the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines had to resort to a power load curtailment after one power-generating facility conked out.
Additional statement from cepalco said the solar photovoltaic technology is the fastest to deploy. It cited the case of a 70-mw photovoltaic power plant in Italy which was commissioned in only seven months.
Paper released by cepalco said, “Since at least 50 percent of Solar Energy Mindanao needs are currently supplied by hydro power plants, solar will immediately address the current capacity shortage and effectively complement the hydro plants especially during the season”.
One problem occurs according to sumaoy, the energy department has certified only 50mw of solar capacity for the entire country.
For the Mindanao area, not less than 150mw of solar projects are said to be awaiting the go-ahead of the Department of Energy.
The cepalco officials said to President Aquino and Energy Jose Rene Almendras should consider increasing the government’s solar photovoltaic-capacity target.
Other part of the statement said that “the Mindanao capacity shortage problem must be addressed now… Mindanao demands concrete plans and directions to address the capacity shortage problem… Mindanao cannot afford to bleed economically for the next two to or three years”.
Cepalco spokeperson, Marilyn Chavez, gave short statement that the city council has passed a resolution to officially support the campaign for solar power. She also added, academics and institutions like Xavier University are also behind Cepalco’s advocacy. Herbie Gomez
Cepalco vice president and customer services department head said that “sometimes we forget that we have a problem”.
Last year Mindanao was experiencing series of power crisis but according to cepalco last year is far from over. Mindanao hasn’t reservation of power supply in the future, said by Cecilio Sumaoy, Cepalco senior manager for system operations.
He also adds that “we have no contingency reserve. It’s like driving a car and going long distance without a spare tire”. The only time Mindanao has standby power is during weekends when some people are taking a break from work, he added.
Last Aug 1, he said, Cepalco was advised of a power curtailment because of a “red alert”. This alert meant that the overall resources of power reserves in Mindanao were already increasing.
Once a statement from cepalco that “the demand for power in Mindanao is constantly increasing (but) no additional power-generating capacities are expected within the next two or three years”.
Statement of cepalco stated that “the power reserves are insufficient that even during the rainy month of July; the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines had to resort to a power load curtailment after one power-generating facility conked out.
Additional statement from cepalco said the solar photovoltaic technology is the fastest to deploy. It cited the case of a 70-mw photovoltaic power plant in Italy which was commissioned in only seven months.
Paper released by cepalco said, “Since at least 50 percent of Solar Energy Mindanao needs are currently supplied by hydro power plants, solar will immediately address the current capacity shortage and effectively complement the hydro plants especially during the season”.
One problem occurs according to sumaoy, the energy department has certified only 50mw of solar capacity for the entire country.
For the Mindanao area, not less than 150mw of solar projects are said to be awaiting the go-ahead of the Department of Energy.
The cepalco officials said to President Aquino and Energy Jose Rene Almendras should consider increasing the government’s solar photovoltaic-capacity target.
Other part of the statement said that “the Mindanao capacity shortage problem must be addressed now… Mindanao demands concrete plans and directions to address the capacity shortage problem… Mindanao cannot afford to bleed economically for the next two to or three years”.
Cepalco spokeperson, Marilyn Chavez, gave short statement that the city council has passed a resolution to officially support the campaign for solar power. She also added, academics and institutions like Xavier University are also behind Cepalco’s advocacy. Herbie Gomez
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