WIND ENERGY

 WILSON P. ORO
 JASPER LLANETA
 ROYCE VINCE NAZ
Wind Energy in the Philippines

 The Philippines is the top wind power producer

in Southeast Asia having 33 MW wind turbines in
Bangui, Ilocos Norte that started operation in
2005. A study by the US National Renewable Ener
gy Laboratory (US NREL) shows that there are 10
,000 sq. km. of land areas in six regions with
good-to-excellent wind resources. These windy a
reas can support a potential installed capacity
of 76,600 MW.
Advantages
 The Philippines’ potential for wind energy is attri
buted to its many good wind sites due to its location
in the Asia-Pacific monsoon belt.
 Its potential wind power seems sizable compared with
other power producing countries like Germany, Spain,
US, Denmark, and India.
 Wind power density is at 500 W/m2.
 US NREL – DOE study shows that out of the 73 provin
ces in the Philippines 47 have at least 500 MW wind p
otential and 25 have at least 1,000 MW.
 Ideal Location
 The following locations were identified in the US NREL study to have
a potential wind electricity capacity of 76,600 MW over an area of 10
,000 km² (see Figure 1):

1. Batanes and Babuyan Island

2. Northwest tip of Luzon (Ilocos Norte)
3. Higher interior terrain of Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Negr
os, Cebu, Palawan, Eastern Mindanao and adjacent islands
4. Well-exposed east-facing coastal locations from Northern Luzon south
ward to Samar
5. The wind corridors between Luzon and Mindoro (including Lubang Islan
d)
6. The wind corridors between Mindoro and Panay (including the Semirara
& Cuyo Island)
Investment Opportunities
• North Wind Power Development Corporation (33 MW) in Bangui Bay,
Ilocos Norte
• There are 6 wind farm projects under development:
- PNOC-EDC 140 MW in Ilocos
- UPC Asia (100 MW)
- Energy Logics (40-60 MW)
- Energy Development Corp. and Isolux-Corsan (a Spanish engineering,
construction, concessions and services and real estate development group)
(10-15 MW)
- PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (30 MW)
- Phil Carbon (30 MW)
• The wind farms in the Philippines get their technologies from large
producers of power generators and wind pumps in Denmark, US, Spain, and
China
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

 Identification of potential sites of wind energy res

ources through wind mapping
 Assistance to private entities that have identified
frontier areas in further determining if these areas
warrant the establishment of a wind farm
 Tapping Japanese technology to jump-start the develo
pment of wind energy projects
Cost of doing Business

 Average investment cost US$ 2.0 Million – US$2.5 Mil

lion/MW
 THANK YOU