Burgos Wind Farm, Ilocos

Norte
Background
• 2nd on-shore wind farm built in Ilocos Norte
• Commissioned on 09 November 2014
• Completed in 2015
• Largest wind power project in the Southeast Asia
• Located within a 600 hectare site across 3 barangays (Saoit, Poblacion,
and Nagsurot)
• 1st phase: 29 turbines and additional infrastructure
• Facility consists of 50 wind turbines with a capacity of 3M, respectively
• Generates electricity to the Luzon grid
• Project included a substation and a 43 km long 115 kV transmission
line
• Feed-in tariff scheme
Current Capacity
• Generates approximately 370GWh of electricity a year
• Offsets approximately 200,000t of CO₂ emissions
annually
• Five million safe man-hours without incident.00t of
CO₂ emissions annually.
Developer and Financing Cost
• Developer: EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation (EBWPC)
• Contractor: Vestas Wind Systems
• Sub-contractor: First Balfour
• Construction Costs: US450 Million
• $315m debt financing was secured which will expire in 15
years.
• ADB: secured $20m term loan to EDC in November 2015
Nearby Industries
•Laoag City:
•Sinking bell tower
• Vigan City:
•Kapurpurawan Rock Formation • The Hidden Garden
•Cape Bojeador Lighthouse • Pagburbayan
•Museo Ilocos Norte
•Pagudpud Beaches • Crisologo Museum
•Patapat Aqueduct • Syquia Mansion
•Sand dunes
•Malacañang of the North • Bantay Watchtower
•Paoay Church • Calle Crisologo
•Marcos Museum and Mausoleum
•Juan Luna Shrine
•Bacarra Domeless Tower
•Bayog Beach
•Bangui Windmills
Performance Indicators
• how near are they to a CREZ location (source:
https://greeningthegrid.org/where-we-work/greening-the-grid-phili
ppines
)
• b.  If possible use as a reference the performance indicators from
this article:
Performance Indicators
• Wind/Energy Index
• Capacity Factor
Barriers and Obstacles
Synthesis
• Policies
• Energy Distribution