Philippines agency selects contractors for 43.5-MW Balog Balog hydropower plant

Philippines agency selects contractors for 43.5-MW Balog Balog hydropower
plant

The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration has signed a contract
with ITP Construction Inc. and the Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau
Co. Ltd. to construct the dam and other structures associated with the
43.5-MW Balog Balog hydropower plant.

The US$116.6 million contract will pay for the second phase of the project,
which will be locaed on the upper Bulsa River near Tarlac.

The primary purpose of the Balog Balog reservoir is to provide water for
year-round growing of rice and other crops, though officials are also
touting its role in flood mitigation and fish production.

HydroWorld.com reported that the World Bank, on behalf of the Philippines
government, was soliciting consultants to provide legal, economic and
technical assistance for the project in 2011.

The NIA reaffirmed its intent to move forward with the development of a
number of other hydropower projects on its exisitng irrigation and future
irrigation projects earlier this week. According to previous studies by the
agency, there are 357 potential irrigation sites for hydropower in the
country.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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