PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

URDANETA CITY CAMPUS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

A CASE STUDY OF the SAFETY

Management system (sms) program of

BURGOS WIND FARM

PREPARED BY:

POJAS, SHELONI ANGELIE V.

SUBMITTED TO:

ENGR. ARMANDO CORPUZ

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

I. INTRODUCTION

II. SAFETY PROGRAMS

III. CONCLUSION / RECOMMENDATION

REFERENCES
 I. INTRODUCTION

Burgos Wind Project

The 150MW Burgos wind farm in Ilocos Norte is the biggest wind farm in the

Philippines and the first wind project nominated for the Philippine Government’s feed-in-

tariff (FIT) incentive scheme.

The onshore wind farm was commissioned in November 2014 and is owned and

operated by the EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation (EBWPC), an affiliate of Energy

Development Corporation (EDC).

Development included the 87MW first phase and the 63MW second phase. The

ground-breaking ceremony was held in April 2013 and the construction works began in

June of the same year.

The wind farm is expected to generate approximately 370GWh of electricity a year,

which will be used to power more than two million households, while offsetting

approximately 200,000t of CO2 emissions annually.

Burgos wind project site and development details

"The first phase included the installation of 29 wind turbines and the construction of

a wind farm substation."

The Burgos wind project is located approximately 500km north of Manila, in more

than 686ha, covering Saoit, Nagsurot and Poblacion barangays within the Municipality of

Burgos in Ilocos Norte Province, northern Philippines.

The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) nominated the project to the country’s

Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as an eligible project under the FIT programme,
which allows a renewable energy development company to receive guaranteed payments

from the ERC on a fixed rate per kilowatt-hour basis.

Burgos wind farm design and features

Burgos consists of 50 Vestas V90 wind turbines with a rated capacity of 3MW each.

The first phase included the installation of 29 wind turbines and the construction of a

wind farm substation, access roads and a 42km overhead transmission line. The

remaining 21 turbines were installed in the second phase.

Each wind turbine rests on a tubular steel tower, has a 75m hub height and 90m rotor

diameter and offers a swept area of 6,326m². The wind turbine generators are expected to

have an average life period of 20 years.

Approximately 630m³ of concrete was used for the construction of foundations for

each wind turbine tower.

Transmission of power from the Burgos wind farm

Power from the substation is sent via a 115kV single-circuit overhead transmission

line to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Substation in Laoag

City, from where it is then transmitted to the Luzon grid.

The 43km-long transmission line to the Laoag substation passes through the Burgos,

Pasuquin, Bacarra and Laoag municipalities, and consists of 147 structures, including 127

lattice steel towers and 20 steel poles.

 Financing of the wind project

"The onshore wind farm was commissioned in November 2014 and is owned and

operated by the EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation (EBWPC)."

The cost of the Burgos wind farm was estimated at $450m. EDC secured $315m

debt financing from a group of foreign and local banks in October 2014. This debt

financing facility consists of US dollar and Philippine peso tranches, which will expire in

15 years.

Danish export credit agency, Eksport Kredit Fonden (EKF), provided a guarantee for

a portion of the US dollar loan component and the Australia and New Zealand Banking

Group (ANZ), DZ Bank, the ING Bank, Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank), and

Norddeutsche Landesbank Gironzentrale, acted as mandated multiple lead arrangers for

the foreign tranche.

The local tranche for the loan facility was arranged by PNB Capital and Investment

Corporation and SB Capital Investment Corporation, along with a group of local lenders

including BDO Unibank, Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine National Bank and

Security Bank Corporation.

Contractors for the Burgos wind farm

Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems supplied and installed 50 V90-3.0MW

turbines for the project. The company also provided associated on-site civil and electrical

works for the project, and will operate and maintain the wind farm under a ten-year

operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement.

 First Balfour was sub-contracted by Vestas for the civil works of the 87MW first

phase.

The company was also contracted by the EDC for the detailed engineering, design,

construction and installation of the 43km-long, 115kV overhead transmission line.

 Under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, the Philippine Energy Regulatory

Commission can "(guarantee) fixed rate per kilowatt-hour – the FIT rates – for power
producers harnessing renewable energy under the FIT system."In February 2015, the

ERC agreed to give a FIT rate of P8.53 per kilowatt hour for 20 years to the Burgos Wind

Farm of the Energy Development Corporation.

THE Philippines’s bid to wean itself off fossil fuels and tap its massive potential for

renewable energy (RE) got a big boost after the Lopez-led Energy Development Corp.

(EDC) announced the completion of the largest wind farm in Southeast Asia.

EDC Burgos Wind Power Corp., an affiliate of EDC, informed the Department of Energy

(DOE) that its 150-megawatt (MW) Burgos Wind Project in Burgos Ilocos Norte had

achieved successful commissioning.

“We are happy to have met our target commissioning date, even a bit earlier than

expected. This is a major achievement for us,” said Richard B. Tantoco, EDC president

and chief operating officer. “Renewable energy has a long way to go before it can meet

our country’s ever-growing energy demands. But this is a significant step.”

Under the DOE’s Guidelines for the Selection Process of Renewable Energy Projects

Under Feed-In Tariff System and the Award of Certificate for Feed-In-Tariff Eligibility,

successful commissioning means that the RE project “is now physically connected to the

grid” and is “delivering power to the transmission system.”

The Burgos Wind Project will be providing 370 gigawatt-hours of electricity to power

approximately 2 million households, Tantoco said, which is enough to displace about

200,000 tons of carbon emissions annually.

It is the largest investment to date in Ilocos Norte. The project occupies 600 hectares in

three barangays in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, namely, Saoit, Poblacion and Nagsurot.

As demonstration of EDC’s strong commitment to heed the government’s call in the

Renewable Energy Act to invest in emerging renewable resources, EDC has invested

$450 million in the project and recently closed a $315-million financing deal with the

support of EKF, Denmark’s export credit agency, and a group of leading international

and local banks. The Burgos Wind Project is now the largest wind-power project in

Southeast Asia.

The Burgos Wind Project is also poised to be the first to avail of the feed-in-tariff (FIT),

which the DOE will grant 200 MW of wind-projects on a “first to commission, first

served” basis.

Under the FIT system pursuant to the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, the Energy

Regulatory Commission (ERC) will allow payments on a fixed rate per kilowatt-hour—

called FIT rates—for power producers harnessing RE.

The successful commissioning, set to be verified by the DOE, followed the DOE’s

nomination of the project to the ERC as an eligible project under the FIT system, Phase 1

(87 MW) and Phase 2 (63 MW) of the project, all having achieved the requisite 80

percent electro mechanical completion on September 25, 2014 and on October 10, 2014.

To date, the Burgos Wind Project is the only project that has been nominated by the DOE

to the ERC.
The Burgos Wind Project features 50 units of model V90 wind turbines of Vestas, the

world’s No. 1 wind-turbine manufacturer. Vestas has already issued commissioning

certificates for each of the 50 turbines, which were furnished to the DOE as vital

substantiation of successful commissioning.

Groundbreaking for the Burgos Wind Project took place in April 2013, while the

construction for the initial 87-MW capacity of the wind farm started in June 2013.

EDC has several geothermal- power projects but the company is now venturing into solar

and wind energy. The DOE has awarded the company contracts for one solar-power

project and six wind-energy projects.

The Philippines has set a target to significantly increase its RE capacity by 2030. The

government aims to have an installed RE capacity of 15,400 MW to account for half of

the country’s power demand.

Annual Energy Production

Digital map

PNOC-EDC prepared a digital map in WASP format describing terrain elevation

and surface roughness. At the wind farm the terrain was digitized with contour

levels for each 5m and further away the contour-level step was raised to 20m. The

digitized area and the inner area of fine resolution extend respectively 3700m and

200m from the turbine sites. This is less detailed than desirable, and we
 recommend that the area of fine resolution is extended to 500m from any turbine

site and that spot heights are included. This amendment is not expected to change

the annual energy production (AEP) estimates dramatically, but it is good practise

and not much extra work. Evaluation of a surface roughness map in a desk review

has its limitations. However, the roughness lengths in the map seem in accordance

with the photographs showing bushes of a few meters height. There is little detail

in the roughness map south and east of the wind farm but the prevailing onshore

wind allows such simplification. The reference measurements are made at a lower

level than the turbine height, so an overestimated roughness with associated

enhanced wind shear would tend to overestimate the energy production. WASP

wind resource estimates are potentially biased in complex terrain.

To quantify this effect, terrain complexity is gauged by the ruggedness index

(RIX), where a rule of thumbs is that WASP tends to overestimate the wind by

1.5% when the turbine site RIX number is 1% larger than at the reference site.

With the proposed wind-farm layout, RIX number differences range from -0.3%

to +1.7%, so terrain complexity is not expected to compromise the production

estimates significantly.

Wind measurements

The data used in the PNOC-EDC Burgos phase one feasibility update study [5]

was measured by a NRG 9210 logger. The mast was locally fabricated and

equipped with three NRG anemometers and two NRG wind vanes. These
 measurement seem better than the ones used in an earlier site assessment (Garrad

Hassan, 2001 [6]) since • The new anemometers had individual calibration

certificates • The mast position had been moved within the area of the proposed

wind farm • The height of the top anemometer had increased from 30m to 50m

above ground level The measurement height is still lower than the planned turbine

hub height, and vertical extrapolation makes the AEP estimates a little less

certain. Another limitation is that data are only available for full year. Risø

received meteorological measurement from the period Mar01-Feb02 in an MS

Excel file [7], where data points with simultaneous zero wind speed and direction

had been marked as suspicious. We agree that these data points should be

excluded from the analysis and note that the correction only reduces the data

recovery rate from 100% to 99.6%, which is still nearly perfect. Unfortunately,

even when the Risø-I-2521(EN) 23 marked data points removed, we are unable to

find the same wind distribution as in the PNOC-EDC feasibility update report

suggesting that we are not using exactly the same data. The discrepancies are

however modest 0.2% for both average wind speed and wind power density.

Turbine data

The power curve authorized by the manufacture is valid for a turbine height of

67m and an air density of 1.16 kg/m³. We can verify that this air density is in

accordance with the elevation and the measured annual mean temperature.

Estimates of annual energy production

 The current plan is to install the fifteen easternmost turbines sites of the original

40MW layout. However, to enable comparison with table 7 of the PNOC-EDC

feasible report, we also calculate AEP for the subset of fifteen turbines sites with

the highest production. In either case the installed turbine type is the Vestas V80

2MW turbine with 67m hub height. The results are shown in Table 4 to Table 7,

where the turbine ID corresponds to the numbering in table 5 of the PNOC-EDC

feasibility study report. The results in Table 5 differ about 0.2% from the values

for the 30MW optimized wind farm in table 7 of the PNOC-EDC feasibility

study, which is consistent with the slightly different wind climates analysed by

Risø and PNOC-EDC. The net AEP of the layout consisting of the easternmost

turbines is about 2% lower than that of the optimized one. This is both because of

a slightly lower wind resource and larger wake losses in a denser turbine array.

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) Burgos Wind Project Corporation,

also referred to as the EBWPC, is the proponent of the 150 MW Burgos Wind Project in

Ilocos Norte. The Burgos Wind Project was commissioned on 05 November 2014

following its nomination for feed-in-tariff (FIT) eligibility. It was endorsed by the DOE

to qualify for FIT on 11 November 2014. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)

issued the provisional ‘authority to operate’ to the Burgos Wind Project on 18 December

2014. The wind farm facility in Burgos, Ilocos Norte is currently transmitting electricity

through the Burgos Transmission Line Project. This is a 42-km 115 kV transmission line

currently owned and being operated by the EBWPC. The Burgos Transmission Line

Project connects the Burgos Wind Project substation located in Burgos, Ilocos Norte to

the existing substation owned and operated by the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) in
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The transmission line traverses 29 barangays in the

Municipalities of Burgos, Pasuquin and Bacarra, and the City of Laoag, in the Province

of Ilocos Norte in Region 1. The Burgos Wind Project was subjected to an environmental

and social impact assessment (ESIA) in 2014; and the ESIA report was submitted to

EBWPC’s nominated funding institution. Following the Lender’s review requirements,

the Burgos Transmission Line Project supporting the operation of the Burgos Wind

Project is being required to conduct an environmental and social impact assessment. In

addition to the Burgos Transmission Line Project, the construction of the Burgos Wind

Project was completed with the use of a Jetty for delivery of equipment and wind turbine

parts. The Jetty is located in the Municipality of Burgos, Ilocos Norte, approximately 6

km from the wind farm. The Jetty and Transmission Line Projects will support operation

and maintenance activities of the Burgos Wind Project for its entire project life cycle.

The following are overall comments that have been extracted from the review

either because they are particularly important or some action is recommended.

 The downsizing of the wind farm from 40MW to a minimum of 30MW appears to

have been covered in the documents, although the minimum rating of 600kW for

each WTG remains.

 The transmission connection (and associated works) from the wind farm to the

Laoag substation has been removed from the JBIC ODA funded contract and is to

be constructed separately by PNOC-EDC. This means any interface programme

problems/delays are now the responsibility of PNOC-EDC. In the programme

 given in Table 8 of the Project Feasibility Update the completion of the

transmission line is too close to the finishing of the wind farm. PNOC-EDC do,

however, have a lot of experience in transmission line construction.

 It looks as if the existing System Impact Studies by Transco (2001) used a double

230kV circuit connection, operating at 115kV. We understand that PNOC-EDC

have taken due consideration of the impact of reducing this to a single circuit

115kV. The contract requires the contractor to obtain an updated System Impact

Study from the grid operator.

 The specification for the wind turbines is somewhat unclear and, in the

reviewers’ opinion, insufficient. The words “Certificate of Design Approval” are

used in many places but this is not a recognised certificate under the IEC WT01

standard. No specific class is required and the turbine does not have to have full

certification. Requirements for any site-specific modifications are equally low. It

is recommended that a class is specified together with certification according to

IEC WT01 and, at a minimum, the modifications required to make it suitable for

the site conditions should have an IEC WT01 Design Evaluation certificate.

 The requirements for the wind turbines are rather spread throughout the

documentation, so it is somewhat difficult to be sure that something is included or

not included. Another advantage of requiring compliance with the Certification

standard is that it ensures items are not forgotten. 8 Risø-I-2521(EN)

 Adequate warning seems to have been given of the site location, difficulty of

access, remoteness, corrosive atmosphere, lightning strikes and typhoon

occurrence. The Contractor cannot say he was not made aware of these.

 By signing the contract, the Contractor is bound to operate and maintain the wind

farm for two years following completion. The price is fixed for the O&M at 288

000 USD per year. This ensures a simpler evaluation procedure, although it is

somewhat unusual. The O&M contract documents have not been reviewed here.

 The Defects Liability period is two years. This appears to be at the lower end of

defect liability periods being currently contracted and the trend is more towards

five years.

 There appears to be no Liquidated Damages if the wind farm fails to meet the

power factor requirement in the specification. However, we understand that there

are also no penalties to be paid to the grid operator if reactive power consumption

is too high. • As PNOC-EDC are constructing the 115kV line themselves, the

Contractor should be specifically asked to state when they need the grid

connection (the earliest will probably be for testing, etc.). This should be a

milestone item on the Contractor’s programme. It is not clear if an evaluation has

been made of how much of the testing and commissioning can be done on a

temporary (site) supply.

 The in-depth requirements for the SCADA system may well mean that they

cannot be met by a manufacturer’s standard system. Manufacturers may then

 increase their price to give a bespoke system or may just provide a standard one in

the hope that it will be accepted. This may mean two bids are not comparable.

 Usually, there is a statement in contracts of this nature about who receives the

payment for the electricity generated during testing and commissioning.

 It should be noted that the contract documents contain quite a lot of work that is

to be done by PNOC-EDC. Not only is there the 115kV transmission line but also

some works at the Laoag sub-station and the main access road(s) to the wind farm

are the responsibility of PNOC-EDC. They have also taken on all responsibility

for negotiations with landowners and forbid the Contractor to enter into any

discussions.

 The documents also place quite a heavy load on PNOC-EDC’s site “supervision”

team. There is a lot of documentation required from the Contractor at various

times and at various levels of details. This concerns design, QA, construction and

testing documentation. There are also opportunities to go to factory tests and to

attend site testing. This is a very good thing (providing the resources are

available) because it is an excellent way to get to know the wind farm and how it

is put together, but there is much mention of “approvals”. Whilst there is the

standard disclaimer that an “approval” by PNOC-EDC does not relieve the

Contractor of any of his obligations, it can sometimes be used as a delaying tactic

by a Contractor who is pushed for time/money. Of course, PNOC-EDC is very

 experienced in the construction of geothermal plants and it would be expected that

they would draw heavily on this when administering this wind farm contract.

 From this review, the rules for interim payments as the project progresses are a

little confusing. Detailed comments are in section 2.3, but initially it seems if the

Contractor has to propose payments at readily identifiable milestones (the

“Disbursement Schedule”). Then, it seems that the contractor will get payments

monthly. Later, 75 % payments are said to be made on delivery of equipment and

completion of services. Then at the end of the Special Conditions, there is a table

that states 90% payments at various Risø-I-2521(EN) 9 milestones. How these

match up with the Disbursement Schedule and the 75% and 90% payments are

reconciled is not clear.

 It is not clear if Liquidated Damages are able to be applied at stages during the

project if there is a delay or if they can only be applied if the Time for Completion

is exceeded.

 There should be some mention of creating a list of outstanding actions at the

stages of Taking over and Final Payment.

 There appears to be no Escrow agreement required, whereby confidential detailed

design and manufacturing information is made available if the manufacturer

becomes insolvent.
ILLUSTRATIONS
II. SAFETY PROGRAMS

SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT CODE OF PRACTICE

FOR WIND ENERGY OPERATIONS

STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY

Pursuant to Rule 2, Section 8 of Department Circular No. 2012-11-0009, otherwise

known as the “Renewable Energy Safety, Health and Environment Rules and Regulations

(RESHERR)”, and in order to ensure adequate safety and protection of health, life and

property and the environment against the hazards of Wind Energy System Operations, the

following wind safety, health and environment Code of Practice is hereby promulgated:

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section I. Safety, Health and Environment Policy Statement

1. Providing a safe workplace while protecting the health of the Employees and the

surrounding environment must be the principal responsibility of the Employer. To

achieve this, safety, health and environmental concerns must be thoroughly

integrated in the Employer’s management policy.

2. The Employer, as a matter of policy, shall:

a. Issue a general safety, health and environment policy statement in writing in

accordance with Rule 3, Section 9 of RESHERR;

b. Give importance to the safety, health, and environmental aspect of their

operation by creating a safety, health and environment organization under the

direct supervision of top management;

c. Establish a system to implement and monitor compliance of their contractors

and sub-contractors to safety, health and environmental policy and related

requirements of the company;

d. Implement programs to ensure that relevant government safety, health and

environmental rules, regulations and codes are complied with; and

e. Establish an emergency plan to address any incident that may pose serious

and imminent danger to the company’s personnel, the environment and the

community.

Section II. Definition of Terms

Terms and expressions that are generally defined in other existing regulations or in the

Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) shall have the same meaning in this

Code. For purposes of this issuance, however, the following terms shall be defined as

follows:

1. Abandonment and Termination Plan – refers to the plan prepared by the

Employer for the decommissioning, abandonment and surface restoration or

rehabilitation of the project area;

2. Authorized Personnel- refers to an Employee who has been trained and

licensed/certified to do the task, as duly authorized by the Employer.

3. Bureau - refers to the Renewable Energy Management Bureau (REMB) of the

Department of Energy.

4. Confined Space – refers to any area that has hazardous atmosphere, with

restricted means for entry and exit and/or not designated for continuous

employee occupancy;
5. CSEP – refers to Confined Space Entry Procedures;

6. Employee- refers to any person who works for wage or salary in the service of an

Employer;

7. Employer- refers to the service/operating contractor referred to in a RE

Service/Operating Contract, and other entities, whether government or private,

engaged in RE Operations, whether acting alone or in consortium with others,

that hires one or more persons to work for wages or salaries;

8. Environment – refers to the Workplace Environmental Measurement as

provided in Rule 1070 of OSHS;

9. Meteorological Tower/Meterological Mast/Met-tower/Met-mast – A tower,

either permanent or temporary, used at a project site which has equipment (e.g.

data loggers, anemometers, wind vanes, temperature and pressure sensors, etc)

attached to it which is designed to gather, record and possibly transmit

meteorological data;

10. Procedure – refers to a formal step-by-step instruction describing how a specific

task or work activity should be done;

11. Program – refers to a plan under which action may be taken toward a goal;

12. R.A. 6969 – refers to Toxic substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste

Control Act of 1990;

13. R.A. 8749- refers to Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999;

14. R.A. 9514- refers to Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008;

15. SDS- refers to Safety Data Sheet, which is intended to provide workers and

emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that

substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data

(melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first

aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling

procedures;

16. Standard – refers to specifications or guidelines on how things should be done;

17. System – refers to an organized scheme of how things are done; includes

procedures, policies describing how an organization works;

18. UPS – refers to Uninterrupted Power Supply

19. Wind Energy Operations – shall include Wind Energy exploration, development,

production, and utilization, including the construction, installation, operation and

maintenance of Wind Energy Systems to convert Wind Energy to electrical power

and the transmission of such electrical power and/or other non-electrical uses;

and

20. Wind Energy Systems – refers to the energy systems that convert wind energy

into electrical or mechanical energy.

Section IV. Power Plant and Control Room Safety

A. Power Plant

1. Power Plant Safety

a. All plant personnel shall be qualified and trained in their respective job assignments;

b. All plant personnel shall undergo occupational safety and health orientation and

training;
c. All plant personnel shall immediately report any observed unsafe condition, incident

and accident in accordance with the established company safety reporting procedures and

guidelines;

d. All plant personnel shall be required to wear appropriate and prescribed PPE’s;

e. Only qualified and Authorized Personnel shall conduct repairs and calibration

to any plant equipment and instruments;

f. All power plants shall establish work procedures for:

i. Start-up and Shut-down

ii. Emergency

iii. Normal and Abnormal Operation

iv. Maintenance Work

Such procedures shall include hazard identification, analysis, mitigation and

emergency response; and

g. All works shall be covered with appropriate safe work permits.

B. Control Room Safety

1. Unauthorized personnel are prohibited from manipulating control panel knobs,

buttons and switches. Bystanders are not allowed inside the control room unless

authorized;

2. Keep air conditioning unit running 24 hours a day to maintain the control room

temperature and to keep the air clean and filtered;

3. Always close the door of control rooms to reduce outside air

infiltration/cooling loads and H2S contamination;

4. Control rooms are NO SMOKING areas and such policy shall be observed at

all times;

5. LOTOTO procedure and proper clearance from the authority shall be strictly

complied with;

6. Automatic/emergency lighting system shall be provided at all access and means

of egress; and

7. Keep the door of circuit breaker/panel always closed.

C. UPS and Battery Bank Room Requirements

1. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter the room;

2. Air conditioning unit must be operated 24 hours a day at temperature not

greater than 150C for electronic equipment cooling;

3. Always close the door of UPS and battery bank room to reduce outside air

infiltration/cooling loads and H2S contamination;

4. Keep battery bank free from leaking solutions;

5. Do not use battery room as dressing room;

6. The exhaust ventilation must be placed in the proper portion of wall ceiling to

eliminate the explosive gas emitted by the battery;

7. The DC system shall be readily available whenever the DC power is interrupted

to the system;

8. Eyewash station must be provided near the battery room;

9. Check-up of battery electrolyte leak and specific gravity should be done

regularly; and
10. Proper handling/storage/disposal of unserviceable batteries should be

observed in compliance with regulatory requirements.

D. Electrical Power Facilities and Equipment Repair and Troubleshooting

1. Never attempt to execute troubleshooting and repair of any line conductors and

electrical equipment and circuitry at compressor control panel board without

permission and proper coordination with FCRS supervisor;

2. Always wear safety rubber shoes when performing troubleshooting and repair

of any faulty line conductors encased in metallic cable tray;

3. Place warning tags (indicating reasons for isolation) on any circuit cutout/

breakers with the requested “DE-ENERGIZE” line associated;

4. Insulate all dangling and bare terminals of power conductors right after

disconnection;

5. De-energize all power line conductors, when troubleshooting and repairing of a

particular line running and encased with other lines in metallic cable tray;

6. Ensure all electrical tools/equipment used are properly insulated and must be

capable to handle the voltage of the work piece;

7. Conduct insulation resistance testing on any line conductors and equipment

being repaired and/or replaced prior to re-energization to determine the dielectric

strength of the insulation; and

8. Advise superior immediately any faults, tripping or hazards observed on any

electrical equipment or installation.

 Wind Energy System Activities

A. Wind Energy System Activity Requirements

All Wind Energy System activities shall comply with the following requirements:

1. Standard Operating Procedure;

2. Orientation/Training;

3. Work Permits;

4. Close Supervision;

5. Monitoring Tools/Instruments;

6. Communication Tools/Equipments;

7. Emergency Response Team; and

8. Personal Protective Equipment

B. Wind Resource Assessment

1. Wind Data Gathering

a. Only authorized personnel shall supervise and conduct on-site wind resource

assessment;

b. All devices, tools, and equipment shall be used, handled, installed, maintained,

calibrated and stored only by qualified employees and in accordance to its corresponding

installation manual;
c. Meteorological stations and its equipment shall be constructed and maintained to be

free or to minimize electrical, mechanical, and environmental hazards;

d. All data shall be recorded and be protected from damage or loss;

e. All meteorological stations shall follow proper grounding and lightning protection in

accordance to the Philippine Electrical Code.

f. Decommissioning of meteorological station shall be in accordance to the Abandonment

and Termination Plan under the Wind Energy Service Contract.

2. Dealing with Various Kinds of Terrain

a. In dealing with various kinds of terrain, the lead guide shall confirm the accessibility of

the area;

b. For passable terrains check for falling debris, sharp objects and maintain a distance of

two meters in between individuals;

c. For passable terrains with the aid of rope. Setup the rope on sturdy trunk and pass one

at a time with caution;

d. For impassable, such as loose ground and/or nothing to hold to, look for alternative

route; and

e. The team shall avoid location of traps. If quick sands and aggressive animals are

observed, the team must plan a reroute.

 3. Dealing with Various Kinds of River

The team shall consider the various types of river when rerouting through it:

a. For calm and mid to shallow river, the lead guide shall assess the slippery areas and

sudden changes in river depth, aided by a stick. Then, the team shall thereafter pass one

or two at a time aided by the guide;

b. For raging mid to shallow river, the lead guide shall check for rock boulders as path. If

available, check for slippery areas and proceed with caution. If none, the guides shall tie

the rope, in a position oblique to the flow. The team shall pass one at a time, holding

tightly on the rope; and

c. For deep but calm and/or raging rivers, the team shall re-strategize.

4. Camp Safety

a. In selecting camp location, the following shall be considered:

i. Camp location shall be near a water source (~100m) but not too close;

ii. The camp area shall be clear from sharp rocks, glass shards and poison ivy;

iii. The camp area shall be slightly sloping to ensure water drainage; and

iv. The camp area shall have a protection from strong winds.

b. In order for the camp location to be considered as safe from wild animals, the

following shall be considered:

i. The camp shall not be set up too close to the water source;

ii. Cooking should be done far from the tents (~100m away) to avoid imparting aroma

to the camp area; and

 iii. Food stuffs and other aromatic materials to be stored outside the tents; if possible,

to hang the said items at a height not reachable by animals.

c. Other safety protocol:

i. The buddy system shall be implemented continuously, whereby measures ensuring

that the location of one buddy is always be known by the other are in place;

ii. Camp fires are discouraged. However, if such is absolutely needed, the team must

ensure that camp fires are properly put out before the campers go to sleep; and

iii. All campers must apply insect repellant before going to sleep.

C. Operation and Maintenance

a. Only authorized personnel shall supervise and conduct operation and maintenance of

the Wind Energy System;

b. All maintenance works shall be covered with appropriate Work Permit and shall

comply with the appropriate provision of Section III hereof;

c. Required PPE shall be used while doing maintenance works in accordance with

Section III.A.3 hereof;

d. Proper warning and instructional signs shall be visibly posted at all times when work is

being performed, and shall be removed or recovered promptly after work is completed;

e. Area where maintenance works are being undertaken shall be properly barricaded

delineated and provided with proper safety and warning signs; and

f. Scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance shall be carried out in accordance with

approved O&M Manual, which complies with local and international best practices in

accordance with practices according to suppliers/contractors.

III. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

The evaluation of the Annual Energy Production of the site by PNOC-EDC seems

to follow accepted practice and where shortcomings have been found by the

review, it is considered that their correction would not change the outcome

significantly. For example, only data from one year has been used but the review

has found that it is probably unnecessary to correct the data for long term

deviations, having looked at historical data from other sources.

The review carried out its own energy assessment using the Vestas V80 2MW

turbine and found the results to be very close to those provided by PNOC-EDC.

Two wind turbine layouts were assessed and it was seen that, apart from some

minor adjustments, the layout is more or less optimal. The precise layout and

optimisation will, in any case, be done by the Contractor.

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 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2014/11/08/largest-wind-farm-in-southeast-asia-

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 https://www.astae.net/sites/astae/files/publication/Burgos0Wind0Fa10Desk0Revi

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