Netherlands-based GNPower is seeking regulatory approval to build a 300MW wind farm in Bataan, the Philippines as part of a bigger power generation portfolio.
The wind farm project is part of the third phase of GNPower’s multi-phase electricity generating and fuel handling complex on a 100-hectare site along the Bataan coast.
The first phase is the building of a 600MW clean coal-fired power plant for baseload energy and the second phase will be a 600MW hydro electric pump storage for peak and intermediate load service.
Construction on the 918.75m pesos coal-fired power plant has started and is planned for completion in late 2012.
The wind farm construction will form the third phase while the fourth phase will be a 1.2GW liquefied natural gas power plant and fuel-handling facilities.
The power generation project also involves the construction of several transmission lines for higher efficiency and smoother flow of power.
“Once completed, the project will have a diversified power generating capacity of approximately 2,700 MW, flexible transmission options, multiple fuel capability and gas through out capacity of over 100 billion cubic feet per annum, sufficient to meet a significant portion of Luzon’s forecasted power requirements in the next decade,” GNPower says.
Bataan is located on the western coast of Luzon to the north of the Philippines.
