NAME: LIM, BENSON G.

TOPIC: HYDROELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPORTER: 20

HYDROELECTIC POWER SYSTEM

 also called hydroelectric power or hydroelectricity, is a form of energy that harnesses

the power of water in motion—such as water flowing over a waterfall—to generate electricity. 

 Large hydroelectric power plants use the stored energy of water in reservoirs and allow its flow
to drive hydraulic turbines. Water in the reservoir enters a hydroelectric power plant through an
intake. The water flows through a penstock which channels the water to the turbine. The
turbine is a mechanical device that converts water’s kinetic energy into mechanical energy,
which in turn drives the generator. The generator is a rotating machine that converts
mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Does the Philippines use hydroelectric power system?

 Today, Hedcor manages and operates 21 hydropower plants and supplies the country with 258
MW of clean and renewable energy. With more than 40 years of experience, Hedcor is the
leading run-of-river operator in the Philippines
Sibulan hydroelectric power plant is a new 42.5MW run-of-the-river project located in Santa Cruz,
Davao del Sur province.

It was officially inaugurated in September 2010. Estimated to have cost of $130m, the project is 100%
owned by AboitizPower.
-Sibulan is billed as a Greenfield project and is capable of producing 212 million KWh a year. It aims to
displace the fossil-fuel fired generation with clean and renewable energy in Mindanao region where the
demand for power is critical.
Talomo hydro 2b

 Not only is the Talomo Hydro 2B power plant one of Hedcor's oldest, but it is also one of its
smallest facilities in terms of generating capacity. ... The plant has a capacity of 0.30 megawatts,
but can generate 1.7 million kWh of power annually.

 It was build by the americans in 1954 just as Davao city was recovering from the destruction
wrought by the 2nd world war.

 Perhaps unknown to our neighbors in the community of Tugbok, this renewable power facility
used to supply a huge chunk of the city’s power needs – lighting homes, commercial
establishments, and the city’s budding industrial economy then.

 Today, Talomo Hydro 2B, together with its sister plants Talomo Hydros 1, 2, 2A, and 3, supply a
small yet still significant portion of the needs of the city’s distribution utility, Davao Light and
Power Co. The utility’s peak demand was recorded at 421 MW in 2018.
Agus VI hydroelectric plant

 Maria Cristina Falls powers the Agus VI Hydroelectric Plant, one of the several hydroelectric
plants that harness Agus River. The power plant has a 200 MW potential capacity supplied by a
water flow of about 130 cubic meters per second.

 Agus VI is operated by the National Power Corporation and was commissioned on May 31, 1953.

 it is also the primary source of electric power for the city's industries
 Irisan 1

 Hedcor’s 3.8-megawatt (MW) Irisan 1 hydropower project broke ground on October 16 2010 at
Barangay Tadiangan in Tuba, Benguet, officially setting off the construction of the facility that
will generate an estimated 11 million kilowatt-hours of clean and renewable energy, annually.

 The design of the hydropower plant took into consideration the major source of livelihood of
the indigenous land owners and farmers of barangay Tadiangan. Most of the pipes that bring
water to the power house are buried so that land owner-farmers can continue planting crops to
sell to the market. Moreover, the locals use the 567-meter access road to the plant as a farm-to-
market road.
References:

https://www.hydropower-dams.com/news/philippines-country-report/#:~:text=The%20Philippines
%20has%20a%20population,comprising%203627%20MW%20of%20hydropower.

https://www.doe.gov.ph/hydropower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_plants_in_the_Philippines

https://aboitizpower.com/plants/irisan-hydro-1/