13 Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Philippines

1. Agusan Hydroelectric Plant, the downstream facility of two proposed plants, was constructed in
Damilag, Manolo Fortich and Bukidnon. To serve the immediate domestic and industrial
requirements of the area. The watershed is small, and covers an area of around 25 km2 at the
diversion dam The run-of-river plant consists of two 800-kW turbine generators that use water
from the Agusan River to generate electricity. It is connected to the local distribution grid
Cepalco through the Transco distribution line

2. Angat Dam is a concrete water reservoir embankment hydroelectric dam that supplies Metro
Manila and nearby provinces with water. It was a part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system. The
reservoir supplies about 90 percent of raw water requirements for Metro Manila through the
facilities of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and it irrigates about 28,000
hectares of farmland in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga.

3. Binga Dam is a dam in Agno River connected to a hydroelectric power plant situated at
Barrio Binga, Barangay Tinongdan in the municipality of Itogon in Benguet province of
the Philippines.

4. Bustos Dam also known as Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam is a small irrigation dam at Bustos,
Bulacan is often mistaken by the locals as Angat Dam since it is located close to the nearby
town of Angat. The project is located at Barangay Tibagan, Bustos, Bulacan served by the Angat
River. The main dam is about 18 meters above sea level. Among the 2.5-meter high, six-span
dam’s main features are easily deflatable and inflatable rubber body, resistance to
sedimentation, economical and having auto-deflation system

5. Caliraya Dam is an embankment dam located in the town of Lumban province of Laguna, in
the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of the Philippines. The reservoir created by the dam, Lake
Caliraya, initially supplied one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in the Philippines, and later
became a popular recreational area for numerous water sports and fishing. The dam's
construction was started in 1939 under the supervision of the engineering firm Pedro Siochi
and Company and a small hydroelectric plant was operated in 1942.

6. Casecnan Irrigation and Hydroelectric Plant is a dam diverting water from the Casecnan and
Taan Rivers to the Pantabangan Reservoir through a 25-kilometre (16 mi) long tunnel located
near Pantabangan and Muñoz in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose
dam provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation while its reservoir affords
flood control. It was considered one of the most expensive hydroelectric plants built in the
country, being next only to San Roque Dam.

7. Kalayaan Pumped Storage Power Plant was built in 1982, it is the first of its kind in Southeast
Asia and the only pumped storage facility in the Philippines. Kalayaan I was upgraded from 150
MW to over 168 MW. Kalayaan II was built with a guaranteed capacity of 174.3 MW. The
Kalayaan Complex serves as large peaking facility for the Luzon Grid but its primary function is to
 provide frequency regulation and control. In the daytime, a period with a high demand for
power, the plant generates electricity. But at night, a period of low demand, Kalayaan pumps
water from Laguna Lake into Caliraya, an ingenious way of storing energy.

8. Lumot River Dam is an embankment dam located between

the towns of Cavinti and Lumban, in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The dam was
constructed across Lumot River creating a reservoir now known as Lumot Lake or Sierra
Lake. Lumot Lake provides additional water through a Bell-mouth spillway and tunnel
to Caliraya Lake, which in turn serves as the upper reservoir for the Kalayaan Pumped-
Storage Hydroelectric Plant.

9. Magat Dam is a large rock-fill dam in the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The dam is on
the Magat River, a major tributary of Cagayan River. Construction of the dam started in 1975
and was completed in 1982. Magat Dam is one of the largest dams in the Philippines. It is a
multi-purpose dam which is used primarily for irrigating about 85,000 hectares (210,000
acres) of agricultural lands. Flood control, and power generation through the Magat
Hydroelectric Power Plant.

10. Pantabangan Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Pampanga River located
in Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides
water for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation while its reservoir, Pantabangan Lake,
affords flood control. The reservoir is considered one of the largest in Southeast Asia and
also one of the cleanest in the Philippines. Construction on the dam began in 1971 and it
was completed in 1974.

11. Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Power Plant, also known as the Pulangi Dam, is located on
the Pulangi River near Maramag in Bukidnon province on the island of Mindanao in the
Philippines. It uses two reservoirs, produced by damming the Pulangi River, to supply water
to a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant; the power plant is capable of generating 255
megawatts (342,000 hp) of power. Construction began in 1982; the first
two generators became operational in December 1985, with the last generator being
commissioned in 1986.

12. Pulangi River (Cebuano pronunciation IPA [puˈlaŋi]), also spelled Pulangui, is the longest
river in Bukidnon. It is one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande de Mindanao, an
extensive river system in Mindanao, Philippines. It has a length of 320 kilometres (200 mi)
and traverses through majority of the cities and municipalities of Bukidnon from its source in
Barangay Kalabugao, Impasugong and Bukidnon.

13. San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a 200-meter-tall,
1.2 kilometer long embankment dam on the Agno River. It is the largest dam in the Philippines
and sixteenth largest in the world (see List of largest dams in the world). It spans the
municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas, Pangasinan, nearly 200 km north of Metro
Manila. The dam impounds a reservoir with a surface area of about 12.8 square kilometers
extending north into the municipality of Itogon, Benguet. A gated spillway protects the dam
from overtopping. Each wet season, the run-off is stored for later release via water turbines to
generate power and irrigate crops.