MGen launches Mauban plant with promise of cleaner coal tech

By Victor V. Saulon | BusinessWorld   COAL TECHNOLOGY is getting cleaner and remains the most cost-efficient choice under current government policy on power generation, which is “technology neutral,” the head of a major power generating firm said. Rogelio L....

Meralco unit, Thai firm switch on Quezon plant

By Danessa Rivera | The Philippine Star   MANILA, Philippines — The joint venture of Meralco Powergen Corp. (MGen) and Thailand’s Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. (EGCO) has switched on its 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Quezon. The plant is touted...

455-MW Meralco-EGCO plant switches on

By Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin   MAUBAN, Quezon – At this time when Luzon grid has been experiencing fresh round of supply tightness, the switch-on and official market debut of the P56.2 billion San Buenaventura Power Co. Ltd. (SBPL) coal-fired generating...

PH’s most advanced coal plant inaugurated

By Jed Macapagal | Malaya   MAUBAN, Quezon Province – San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. inaugurated yesterday the Philippines’ first supercritical coal-fired power plant here with a gross capacity of 500 megawatts (MW). The project is a partnership between Meralco...