PetroWind Energy Inc. (PWEI) said over the weekend that its 13. 2-megawatt Nabas wind power allocation in Aklan province (Phase 2) has been approved for upgrading, a step toward conceivable advertising operations.
The Philippine Independent Power Market Operator (IEMOP) has the registration of the Phase 2 wind facility in the Wholesale Spot Power Market (WESM).
“This WESM registration approval authorizes Phase 2 as an additional PWEI facility. This follows the success achieved through the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in the facility’s metering apparatus last February and the SCADA carried out in March through the National Network Corporation of the Philippines. (NGCP),” PetroGreen Energy Corp. ‘s (PGEC) assistant vice president for electric power markets,” said Dave Gadiano.
NGCP issued the Certificate of Connection Approval (CATC) for the Phase 2 Wind Project as a charging facility on March 26, 2024.
“We are excited and looking toward the eventual advertising exploitation of Phase 2,” Gadiano said.
PWEI Phase 2 is the allocation of wind power on the Visayas grid that won a 20-year reduction in the first Department of Energy (DOE) green force auction in June 2022.
“With this approval, PWEI can now force the new committed 16 MVA Phase 2 substation (pictured) back to begin internal engineering testing of our VESTAS wind turbines,” said Paul Elmer Morala, PGEC’s Vice President of Technical Operations.
“If all goes well, grid compliance testing will soon follow with the export of electric power to the grid. We thank the DOE, NGCP, IEMOP and ERC for allowing us to succeed in this vital milestone, which will lead to new and greater sources of strength to the Panay subnet,” said Morala.
PWEI owns the 36 MW Phase 1 wind power project, which has been operational since June 2015 in northern Aklan, straddling the towns of Nabas and Malay.