P2.6-B solar farm seen to attract investors in Ilocos Norte
CURRIMAO, ILOCOS NORTE – Governor Imee Marcos formally inaugurated a 20-megawatt (MW) Photovoltaic Power Plant in the town of Currimao, which is expected to attract investors and help boost tourism in the province.
Also present at the ground-breaking ceremonies on Thursday (November 15) were officials of Mirae Asia Energy Corporation (MAEC) headed by its Korean Chief Executive Officer Bae Jong Soo. Located in Barangay Paguludan, MAEC expects to complete the solar farm by May 2014. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte in 2011. This first grid-connected solar power plant in the province will cost P2.6 billion and will be built on sand dunes, covering an area of 60 hectares to generate 30 million kilowatts of electricity per hour through photovoltaic technology.
Last Updated (Monday, 19 November 2012 05:57)
Sunny Ilocos town to feed Luzon grid with solar power
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte—A solar power farm that will feed the Luzon grid has broken ground in the sunniest corner of this province—the fishing and farming village of Paguludan. Facing the West Philippine Sea, Paguludan is best known for its beaches. In 2010 the Philippine Tour Operators Association (Philtoa) declared the town one of the emerging tourist destinations in the country. The Currimao solar power farm is one of two projects that the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved for Ilocos Norte. In the pipeline is the 50-megawatt solar power project of Energy Logics Philippines Inc. in the towns of Pasuquin and Burgos. On Thursday the Korean power company Mirae Asia Energy Corp. (MAEC) and the Ilocos Norte government broke ground to signal the start of the construction of the 20-MW Currimao solar farm on a 60-hectare property here.
Last Updated (Monday, 19 November 2012 00:58)
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Four km DAR -LGU Currimao-funded road opensA new four (4) kilometer road connecting Barangays Pias Norte, Anggapang Norte and Anggapang Sur in the municipality of Currimao, Ilocos Norte was recently completed and opened for public use. The new road which cost more than Seventeen Million Pesos, is a component of the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project III of the Department of Agrarian Reform funded by the Government of Japan with a One Hundred Percent (1oo%) counterpart by the Local Government of Currimao, Ilocos Norte. The ARISP III project is seen to benefit the residents of the Agrarian Reform Community which includes Bgys. Lang-ayan, Anggapang Norte, Anggapang Sur, Comcomloong and Cabuusan. A number of infrastructure projects like farm to market roads in Bgy Lang-ayan, water system in Anggapang Norte and Comcomloong have already been completed as components of the ARISP III project. Governor Imee Marcos cut the ribbong opening the new road assisted by Currimao Mayor Gladys Go Cue, Vice Mayor ROsario Go, Municipal Councilors of Currimao and DAR officials of the province headed by Christianne Suguitan, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer for Ilocos Norte. The new road connects the interior barangays of Anggapang Norte and Anggapang Sur with exterior Bgy. Pias Norte. Moreover, the new road is beginning to be a favorite boulevard for leisure walkers, bikers, runners and joggers.
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