Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM

Morong, Rizal
College of Education

Science 201 – Environmental Science

ACTIVITY 1 – WHERE ARE THE POWER PLANTS?

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___________

Course___________________________________ Semester: _________

Task:
1. On the Philippine map, mark the location of the power plants listed in the
tables below.
2. Use a color code to indicate the type of power plant.
3. Summarize the data on existing power plants into a table similar to the
one below:
Island Types of Power Plant Total
Group HE SOLAR WIND GEO GT OIL DIESEL COAL NAT.
GAS
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
Total
4. Plot on a pie graph of the data table above.

Discussion Questions:
1. In which part of the Philippines can you fill the greatest number of
geothermal plants? Hydro?
2. In which part of the Philippines can you fill the least number of geothermal
plants? Hydro?
3. Which energy source supplies most of our energy for electric power
generation? Is this an indigenous resource? How many percent of our
plant rely on those resources?
4. What are the implication of your findings in questions 3 on our energy
sufficiency program and economy? Explain you answer?
5. When can we really attain energy sufficiency and security?