Philippines: Energy firm provides solar power to Quezon sitio

Philippines: Energy firm provides solar power to Quezon sitio

A coal-fired power plant here is providing electricity to poor residents
through solar power.

Around 145 individuals in Sitio Daungang Pari, a small and secluded
community, are the beneficiaries of the 10 watt-peak solar home-lighting
systems equipped with two light bulbs, a solar panel and a cell-phone
charger.

The residents of the sitio are experiencing the benefits of electricity in
their households for the first time, as they received 29 solar-home systems
from TeamEnergry Foundation Inc. (Tefi) through its "Light A Home" project,
said Ricky de Castro, executive director of Tefi.

"The Light A Home project was conceptualized in order to provide electricity
to the underserved communities that do no qualify in the government's
criteria for their electrification program," de Castro said, adding the
program is Tefi's way of partnering with the government in helping fully
energize even the most remote areas of the country.

TeamEnergy Corp. (TEC) runs the 430-megawatt coal-fired power plant in
Barangay Iba Polo here and was originally Hopewell Power Corp. in the 1990s
when it started operation during the administration of then-Gov. Eduardo
Rodriguez.

TEC represents one of the biggest Japanese investments in the country, which
is run by a predominantly Filipino work force.

Tefi is the social development arm of TEC, a partnership between two
Japanese firms: Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Marubeni Corp. It also operates
a bigger 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com