Renewable Energy in the Philippines(The wind power)

Renewable Energy in the Philippines

The shift to renewable energy started with 1970s and 1980s oil crises caused by oil shortages resulting from conflicts in the Middle East. It was further fueled by the publication of scientific findings revealing that the increasing accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere was mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. In late 1980s and 1990s, nuclear, hydroelectric and coal-fired power plant projects encountered strong opposition from host communities because of environmental threats. These challenges have accelerated the development of renewable energy in the country.

As of present, the country had already established some renewable sources of energy and it is expected that for the next ten years, the total installed capacity to be provided by renewable energy will be doubled.

The following are the available renewable energy in the country:

a.) Wind power

Wind energy refers to the energy that can be derived from the wind.

Philippines situated on the fringes of the Asia-Pacific monsoon belt, exhibits a promising potential for wind energy. In 2004, 16 potential wind energy power sites were offered to private investors in the first wind contracting round. And it was estimated that the total capacity of these sites is 345MW. According also to Philippine Geo-physical Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA), the country has a mean average of about 31W/m2 of wind density. There are six regions identified with wind electric potential, these includes the following:

1. Batanes and Babuyan Island

2. Northwest tip of Luzon (Ilocos Norte)

3. Higher interior terrain of Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Palawan, Eastern Mindanao and adjacent islands

4. Well exposed east-facing coastal locations from Northern Luzon southward to Samar

5. The wind corridors between Luzon and Mindanao (including Lubang island)

6. Between Mindoro and Panay (including the Semirara and Cuyo island)

At present, wind energy is already used in some parts of the country. Batangas Province for example, puts up a 25KW stand-alone system of wind energy using six different loads. A 3KW wind diesel system is also used for telecommunications relay station. A 40MW and a 25MW wind farm were also built in Burgos and Bangui Bay, Ilocos Norte. The said wind farm in Bangui was the first wind farm to be fully functional in the country and in the Southeast Asia. The government wished to expand this energy to be the number one wind energy producer in the future.

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