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Gealon Homework2 Energy Resource Mapping

The document discusses energy resources in the Philippines. It addresses the country's energy trilemma of ensuring energy security, environmental sustainability, and energy equity. The primary energy sources currently used in the Philippines are oil, natural gas, and coal. While the country has some renewable resources like hydroelectric, geothermal, wind and biomass, it still relies heavily on imported coal and crude oil. Renewable energy projects also face higher costs compared to other countries due to lack of experience developing and operating such projects. The document lists several renewable energy power plants in the Philippines and issues like capacity constraints.

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Gealon Homework2 Energy Resource Mapping

The document discusses energy resources in the Philippines. It addresses the country's energy trilemma of ensuring energy security, environmental sustainability, and energy equity. The primary energy sources currently used in the Philippines are oil, natural gas, and coal. While the country has some renewable resources like hydroelectric, geothermal, wind and biomass, it still relies heavily on imported coal and crude oil. Renewable energy projects also face higher costs compared to other countries due to lack of experience developing and operating such projects. The document lists several renewable energy power plants in the Philippines and issues like capacity constraints.

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GEALON, NATASHA MARIE C.

BSME - IV

HW2: Energy Resource Mapping

The energy trilemma is said to be consisted of three things: (1) energy security, which
deals with the assurance that energy resources are always enough and available for
everybody, (2) environmental sustainability, which posits that we shouldn't sacrifice our
environment for energy harnessing, and (3) energy equity, which challenges us to share
energy resources equally according to our needs. The first step, many suggest, in order
to address this global problem is to know what we currently have by assessing readily
available resources. For this assignment, let us look into the Philippine energy resources.
Visit the library or browse journals, news clippings, and conference proceedings online to
answer the following questions:

1. What are the primary energy sources available locally in the country? How are we
using these resources? Which government or private institutions are managing
these resources right now?

Oil, natural gas, and coal are the three non-renewable energy sources that are most
utilized in the Philippines. These three are also the main energy sources worldwide. Coal
or fossil fuel was used the most in the Philippines, accounting for over 47.6% of total
consumption, followed by natural gas with 10.7%. The National Transmission
Corporation (TransCo), a company that is owned by the government and is subject to
regulation, has control over and ownership of the National Grid organization of the
Philippines (NGCP), which has been the country's transmission service provider since
2009.

2. What primary energy resources are we still importing? What are the reasons why
we still import these resources?

Most of the coal used in the Philippines comes from Australia and Indonesia. putting the
country's electricity grid at risk from political unrest, pricing volatility, and even negative
exchange rates. Even if other nations have moved away from this energy source, the
government still imports this resource because it is one of the largest sources of energy
in the country with a staggering number of coals powerplants dispersed all across the
country. The nation also imports crude oil, which primarily originates from the United Arab
Emirates, Kuwait, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. As a result of the Malampaya natural gas
field's impending depletion, the nation imports crude oil to avoid a catastrophic loss of its
fuel supply of up to 30%.

3. Enumerate at least 5 power plants in the Philippines that use renewable energy as
their source. What are their capacity, where are they located, and which regions
GEALON, NATASHA MARIE C. BSME - IV

of the country are they catering? What are the current problems they face in terms
of their capacity to provide electricity?

• Agusan II Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur. It is


one of the seven hydroelectric plants in the Lake Lanao-Agus River Complex. This
power plant is installed with 3 x 60 MW capacity.

• Mahanagdong Geothermal Power Station has a capacity of 180 MW. It is located


in Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

• Balaoi and Caunayan Wind Farm an onshore wind farm project under construction
by AC Energy in partnership with UPC Renewables in the Philippines. It has a
capacity of 160 MW, located in Barangays Balaoi and Caunayan, Pagudpud,
Philippines.

• Don Carlos Biomass Energy Corporation is a 19.99MW biopower project. It is


located in Negros Oriental, Philippines.

• Sual Power Station is the largest and most cost-effective coal-fired power station
in the country with a generating capacity of 1,200 MW. It is located in Sual,
Pangasinan, Philippines.

The Philippines must heavily rely on foreign contractors since it lacks sufficient
experience in the creation and operation of renewable energy projects. As a result,
compared to Europe and the United States, the cost of renewable energy projects in the
Philippines is significantly greater.

References:

Team, E. (2018, May 14). A struggle between coal and renewable energy in the
Philippines | Energy Transition. Energy Transition. https://energytransition.org/2016/07/a-
struggle-between-coal-and-renewable-energy-in-the-
philippines/#:~:text=With%20respect%20to%20renewable%20energy,Europe%20and%
20the%20United%20States.

Droit, M. (2023). The Current State of Renewable Energy in the Philippines. REURASIA.
https://reurasia.com/the-current-state-of-renewable-energy-in-the-
philippines/#:~:text=The%20Philippines%20has%20a%20mix,Philippines%20are%20hy
dro%20and%20geothermal.
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